De Oude Molen (The old mill)

De Oude Molen is a windmill in Wijchen , province of Gelderland.
It is a large round stone bell mill from 1799, covered with roofing felt, with a flight of 24.00 m, which stands imposingly on a natural hill of historical value. The Mill hill is a fairly high donk , created about 10,000 years ago from river sand. They have found burial mounds from the Iron Age (about 250-50 BC) and graves from the Roman period.
In 1970 the mill was bought by the municipality of Wijchen , which restored the mill in 1974. The mill has always been used as a flour mill with short interruptions and is still used professionally today.
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