Vogelenzang/Bettmolen Corn Mill

The Vogelenzang or Bettmolen is a round stone mill located on the Molendreef in Lieshout, in the Dutch province of North Brabant. The current miller of the Vogelenzang mill is Pieter Sanders, who lives in the white house next to the mill. This beltmolen (mound mill) was built in 1819 and is used as a corn mill. It was built to replace the post mill that blew down in 1816. The current mill contains a number of parts from that post mill. It is one of the first stone mills to be built in the Peelland Quarter. The mill was probably the work of a millwright from South Holland. The stones were baked on site from clay taken from a pond located behind the mill. In addition to being used as a corn mill, it was also used as an oil mill and possibly as a peeling mill, which is unusual in North Brabant. Until 1964 it was used by private millers; today it is operated by volunteer millers.

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