Tour of Twente's coulisses around Albergen

In the area around Almelo you walk through a typical Twente landscape of small forest areas, meadows, fields and streams. You will also come across the typical wooded banks and hedges. In the past, these were used to keep cattle in the pasture, before barbed wire was invented. Nowadays, they provide good shelter for deer, stone martens and breeding birds. De Fleringer Molen is located between Albergen and Fleringen. This mill was built in 1846 as an oil-corn mill. There was already a water mill in the area, but it often did not have enough water to grind. That is why there was a need for a windmill. The current mill was built as a replacement for a corn mill that burned down in 1844.