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De Welvaart is a belt mill on the Molenweg in Horn. The stone mill was built in 1865, a short distance from the De Hoop mill. Like the De Hoop mill, De Welvaart survived the Second World War without too much serious damage. Prosperity ground until the end of the 50s of the twentieth century. In 1970, the municipality bought the mill to have it restored a few years later. - See more at: https://www.liefdevoorlimburg.nl/gebied/bezvragen/molen-de-welvaart-in-horn#sthash.tdMtTd4M.dpuf

The De Hoop windmill in Horn is the only sixteen-sided machine in Europe and was thoroughly renovated in 2009. De Hoop was built in 1817 and is one of the few mills in Limburg to survive the war without serious damage. After the death of the miller van der Voort in 1949, his widow and her daughter used the mill, something which was very unusual at the time. De Hoop ground until the end of the 50s of the twentieth century. In 1968 the municipality bought the mill, to have it restored a few years later.

The St. Petrus corn mill was built in 1901 in Roggel. The mill is named after Roggel's patron. Today, milling is still done on a voluntary basis.

Less than half a kilometer by bike from the town of Heythuisen you will find windmill St. Antonius. This belt mill was built between 1860 and 1861. Originally it was a flour mill and an oil mill, but over the years the mill has mainly been used to grind flour. In 1886 a steam engine was placed to no longer depend on the wind to grind. That machine was replaced by an electric motor in 1927 and the wooden shaft of the mill was replaced by a cast iron shaft. Since 1969, the mill has been owned by the then municipality of Heythuysen, which later passed to the municipality of Leudal. In 1973 and between 2001 and 2004 the mill was restored to keep the mill running smoothly. The necessary maintenance had not been carried out for a number of years and the mill had deteriorated sharply as a result. Today the mill is regularly put into operation by a volunteer miller.

The history of this mill dates back to around 1520. At first it stood in two places between Haelen and Horn.

This water mill dates from the thirteenth century. In 1915 the mill was converted into a turbine mill. The water wheel you see now is a replica of the original.

The most famous windmill type in the Netherlands. Windmills were not only used to produce flour from cereals, but also for draining polder areas. Natural energy. The most famous windmills can be found in Kinderdijk, really set up as a polder model. A must see!