Mills in the Ruhr Valley-Uchpanning De Meulenberg

Prince Bernhard Mill
The Prince Bernhard Mill, rebuilt in 1999, is the eye-catcher and pride of the Waterschei hamlet. It is already the 4th mill on this site.
The windmill is an open post mill. This corn mill was almost completely rebuilt in 1998-\\\'99.
This mill is located on the (how could it be otherwise) Meuleberg on the Waterschei. The mill was completely destroyed in the last world war in 1945. The mill stood on a high point that served as a viewing tower. Earlier mills had completely burned down due to lightning strikes. That was always a great loss for the residents in the region. After all, no flour could be ground. The current mill was festively opened in 1999 after a complete reconstruction.
Roode Beek and Vlodropper mill
Connection. In the middle of the swamp, the Schansbergen offered a safe refuge against marauding troops in the past. The earthen mounds are surrounded by moats and ramparts that were often planted with woody plants. Remnants of the medieval redoubts can still be found in the Nature and Landscape Park.
In the past there were no less than 14 water mills along the Rodebach and Roode Beek, where grain and oil were ground with water power. The last mill ran until 1970. The large wooden wheels have fallen into disrepair, but most of the buildings are still there, often used as catering establishments.
In order to use the area for agriculture, the marshland was drained with ditches and the streams were straightened. The ditches are still visible in the current nature reserve. In the coming decades they will slowly fade away.
The inhabitants of the villages on both sides of the border have maintained their connection with nature. With the design of the Nature and Landscape Park, they are once again giving nature development an important place in their midst. At this roundabout (vlodrop-Herkenbosch) we see on the right side (Tussen de Bruggen 24) a turbine water mill that is not in operation. This is located in the Roode Beek, which flows into the Roer here.
This is called the Vlodroppermolen. It was built in 1834 as a corn and oil mill. Around 1875 the mill was rebuilt after a fire as a corn mill with a turbine, which was replaced around 1884 by a new vertical turbine.
Jet step mill
Type: water mill, function: corn mill. Restorations: 1988
The Gitstappermolen is a watermill built in 1377 in Vlodrop, municipality of Roerdalen, province of Limburg.
The water mill, a national monument, is a so-called medium-sized mill and is located at Gitstappermolenweg 3 in Vlodrop. The water mill is located just east of the hamlet of Etsberg. The water mill is fed by water from the Rothenbach. The Rothenbach is a stream that forms the border between Germany (Nord-Rhein-Westfalen) and the Netherlands (Limburg).
The water wheel has a diameter of 5.06 m and is 85 cm wide. The mill has two pairs of grinding stones with a diameter of 140 cm. The mill is equipped with a comb mechanism for lifting (hoisting).
The water mill had a wooden building until 1750, after which a stone mill building with two paddle wheels was built, one to grind grain and one to beat oil. The oil mill was removed around 1918. The mill was restored in 1988.
Mill of Verbeek
The mill of St. Odilienberg is the only stone grist mill east of the Meuse.
It is located on the south side of the village center on Molenweg, not far from the road to Montfort. The windmill was built in 1876 on a plot of arable land located in the Bergerveld.
The white and black windmills used to be in Posterholt
The White Mill
The Witte Molen was a beautiful slender mill on a high mountain with a flight of 25 m. In the 1920s the wooden shaft head broke and the wooden flight crashed. The mill was given a cast iron shaft, originating from the octagonal tower mill, the Teurlingsmolen, on Rosmolenplein in Tilburg, which was demolished in 1926.
The Black Mill
This mill was an outside porter, built in 1857. In 1867 the mill burned down and Van Apperen sold the yard to Jan Verbeek who had the mill rebuilt and put it into use a year later.
In the night of January 24 to 25, 1945, both mills above the mill mountain were blown up by the Germans and therefore disappeared from the landscape forever.