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Den Steenen Molen (Boechout)
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🇧🇪 Herwig Aertbeliën
October 16, 2021
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Den Steenen Molen, in the Belgian municipality of Boechout, is a working smock mill.
The mill was built in 1782, despite protest, by Jan Frans Dielens where it served as an oil and grain mill. The mill served as a private mill and the Palms family was unhappy about that, because their mill (the Berderenmolen) was owned by Sint-Baafskapittel. However, Jan Frans Dielens was a lawyer for the Sovereign Council of Brabant and partly because of this protesting was of no use.
The mill was built in 1782, despite protest, by Jan Frans Dielens where it served as an oil and grain mill. The mill served as a private mill and the Palms family was unhappy about that, because their mill (the Berderenmolen) was owned by Sint-Baafskapittel. However, Jan Frans Dielens was a lawyer for the Sovereign Council of Brabant and partly because of this protesting was of no use.
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Frank en Nancy 🇧🇪
July 18, 2021
Cycling
The Boechout mill has been manned since 2003 by a team of volunteer millers. The number of millers has grown to about 10 over the years. The mill is open to the public every Sunday from 1 pm to 5 pm. If there is enough wind, there is also grinding.
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Axel Van den Camp
June 2, 2020
Road cycling
Den Steenen Molen, in the Belgian municipality of Boechout, is a grinding mill. The Den Steenen Molen heritage is located at Konijnenbergstraat 2, near Hovesesteenweg.
History:
Despite protest, the mill was built by Jan Frans Dielens in 1782 where he served as an oil and grain mill. The mill served as a private mill and the Palms family was dissatisfied with it, because their mill the Berderen Mill was owned by Sint-Baafskapittel. However, Jan Frans Dielens was a lawyer at the Sovereign Council of Brabant, which made protesting useless.
History:
Despite protest, the mill was built by Jan Frans Dielens in 1782 where he served as an oil and grain mill. The mill served as a private mill and the Palms family was dissatisfied with it, because their mill the Berderen Mill was owned by Sint-Baafskapittel. However, Jan Frans Dielens was a lawyer at the Sovereign Council of Brabant, which made protesting useless.
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