Alternative names Molen van Houben Town or city Simpelveld Completed 1774 Province Limburg | Type Watermill Country Netherlands Opened 1774 Status Rijksmonument | |
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Address 6369 XP Simpelveld, Netherlands Designations House (1961–), Gristmill (1774–1961) Similar Rijksmonument, Weltermolen - Welten, Senserbach, Oliemolen - Heerlen, Zuid‑Limburgse Stoomtrein Maatschappij | ||
The Oude Molen (English:Old Mill) or Molen van Houben (English: Houben's Mill) is a watermill located on the Oude Molenweg 6 in Simpelveld, Netherlands. Build in 1774 along the Eyserbeek river, the watermill functioned as gristmill until the 1960s. During this time it was restored several times. In 1960 the mill stopped functioning, and a year later the land upstream was disowned by the local government. Currently it functions as housing.
The mill is a national monument (nr 33593). Of the original mill only the millhouse and the iron breastshot water wheel, with corresponding flume, remain.
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