Borger mill

The Borger mill is a former water mill.
The mill is located next to the castle of Terborgh. It is a rectangular building with a floor, raised in timber framed and covered by a canopy roof.

In 1501 the Borger mill was mentioned for the first time.

In the French time, the mill was the lime mill of the glory of Schinnen.

In 1854 this watermill was named with two wooden water rails with a water level fixing. They stood obliquely with each other with their own waterway where the wheel turned and its own grinder. The front wheel was against the facade with a width of 78 centimeters and a diameter of 5.46 meters and acted as a rye mill. The rear wheel had a width of 76 centimeters and a diameter of 5.28 meters and served as wheat mills.

Before 1888 the rear wheel was removed and only the front wheel with the target was still present. It was then a center line with a width of 82 centimeters and a diameter of 5.34 meters and was fitted with a body (raspberry). At about 170 meters above the mill, the Geleenbeek split into two branches and there was a divider with two locks. The branch was then past the back of the castle to reunite with the Spaubeker oil mill with the mole roof.

Until the mid 1930s the mill was still used. At that time the mill had already expired that repairing a turning mill was not rewarding.

In 1939 the dam of the Heisterbruggermolen and the Borgermolen was proclaimed. Then the brook was moved.

Since 1967 the building is a national monument.