Strijthager mill

The Strijthager mill is a medium size mill originally native to the park and the goods of the castle Strijthagen in the Dutch town of Landgraaf. The water wheel is powered by water from the weir pond at the castle, which in turn is fed by the Strijthagerbeek.

The mill was built in 1617 as a corn mill around 1700 and rebuilt in its present form. The mill ground until the middle of the 19th century with a wooden overshot. This was, after the mill in 1950 as a result of the mine subsidence occurring at a major restoration in 1989, replaced by the current medium size wheel with a diameter of 5.1 m.

History

The history of the mill has always been closely connected with the castle Stijthagen. At the end of the 18th century Stijthagen came by inheritance in possession of French of Collenbachstrasse by his marriage to Maria Theresia von Clotz. The family von Clotz since 1700 was in possession of the estate Strijthagen. After a few times of Strijthagen owner exchanged, came in 1899 in the possession of Friedrich Honigmann, co-owner of the Orange-Nassau mines in Limburg. Since 1924 the mill was leased until 1985 by the Nails family. The last miller was Joseph Nails. In 1982 the property was transferred to the newly formed municipality of Landgraaf, after which it eventually came from the Limburg Monuments Foundation. Possession

Today, the mill still grind and is used as a demonstration mill.