Oliemolen
Encyclopedia
The Oliemolen is a 16th-century watermill
located at the foot of a steep hill in the Aambos, Heerlen
in the Netherlands
. The name already tells us much about its function, extracting oil, but this was not always the case, it first function as a volmolen (a mill to press wool
). The mill is fed by the Caumerbeek.
A copy, dating to May 31, 1710, of the original deed exists, indicating the mill was founded on May 9, 1502, commissioned by the family Van Scheasberg. However, names of notables on the deed do not correlate with the people in those positions in the beginning of the 16th century; possibly a "0" was mistaken for a "6", making the founding year 1562.
In 1829 a license was granted for the mill to mill grain
, which became to only use of the mill in 1904.
Watermill
A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
located at the foot of a steep hill in the Aambos, Heerlen
Heerlen
Heerlen is a city and a municipality in the southeastern Netherlands. The municipality is the second largest in the province of Limburg. It forms part of Parkstad Limburg, , an agglomeration of about 220,000 inhabitants.After its early Roman beginnings and a rather modest medieval period, Heerlen...
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
. The name already tells us much about its function, extracting oil, but this was not always the case, it first function as a volmolen (a mill to press wool
Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and certain other animals, including cashmere from goats, mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, vicuña, alpaca, camel from animals in the camel family, and angora from rabbits....
). The mill is fed by the Caumerbeek.
A copy, dating to May 31, 1710, of the original deed exists, indicating the mill was founded on May 9, 1502, commissioned by the family Van Scheasberg. However, names of notables on the deed do not correlate with the people in those positions in the beginning of the 16th century; possibly a "0" was mistaken for a "6", making the founding year 1562.
In 1829 a license was granted for the mill to mill grain
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, which became to only use of the mill in 1904.