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The Janssenmill, sideview.
The Janssenmill of Oirsbeek in South Limburg, the Netherlands, is one of the 1000 remaining windmills in Holland.
Holland used to have 10.000 windmills, to grind grain, reclaiming land, sawing of wood for sailingboats and houses, producing paper or pressing oil out of rapeseed.
In 1879, Jacob Lammeritz had the mill built. In 1898 he expanded by adding a storehouse. A year later, Jan Bernard Janssen came to the mill and became the owner in 1921. The mill was owned by the family Janssen until 1970. That year the mill was bought by the town of Oirsbeek. After a severe renovation, the mill was used again in 1978, since that day, the mill is named after the miller family Janssen. Today, the mill is owned by the municipality of Schinnen.
The Janssenmill is a mill to grind corn or grain, these kind of mills were in the neighborhood of a village. To be able to catch enough wind, they were built on a kind of hill. The millcap can be turned into the correct winddirection. The diameter of the vane-cross/wingcross of this windmill is 24,8 meters (about 80 feet)
The Janssenmill is not used professionaly today. A voluntary miller does grain some corn here, once in a while, the flour is used to bake special millbread.
The Janssenmill, sideview.
The Janssenmill of Oirsbeek in South Limburg, the Netherlands, is one of the 1000 remaining windmills in Holland.
Holland used to have 10.000 windmills, to grind grain, reclaiming land, sawing of wood for sailingboats and houses, producing paper or pressing oil out of rapeseed.
In 1879, Jacob Lammeritz had the mill built. In 1898 he expanded by adding a storehouse. A year later, Jan Bernard Janssen came to the mill and became the owner in 1921. The mill was owned by the family Janssen until 1970. That year the mill was bought by the town of Oirsbeek. After a severe renovation, the mill was used again in 1978, since that day, the mill is named after the miller family Janssen. Today, the mill is owned by the municipality of Schinnen.
The Janssenmill is a mill to grind corn or grain, these kind of mills were in the neighborhood of a village. To be able to catch enough wind, they were built on a kind of hill. The millcap can be turned into the correct winddirection. The diameter of the vane-cross/wingcross of this windmill is 24,8 meters (about 80 feet)
The Janssenmill is not used professionaly today. A voluntary miller does grain some corn here, once in a while, the flour is used to bake special millbread.