Only representative of its kind in Flanders, the "Rosemeule" or mill on horseback allowed to overcome the lack of wind and produce flour, the horse around the mill to operate the millstones
The only survivor of the eleven mills present in the commune of Wormhout, the Moulin DESCHODT or formerly Moulin de la Briarde was saved by the intervention of Abel DESCHODT, valiant defender of the safeguarding of the mills, who left him
Rebuilt by the municipality and volunteers, with materials from the nearby Abbey, the Moulin de la Montagne has been restored to working order. Visits are organized regularly
When the past meets the present, this is the testimony conveyed by these two mills, one considered the oldest in Europe and the other, erected in 1993, to commemorate the local history
The only surviving mill of the three mills still present at the beginning of the 20th century, the "mill of the lion" still produced flour in 1940. Left abandoned, it was saved by the municipality and rebuilt thanks to the volunteers to be back in state of grinding
The three mills present in the municipality of Looberghe had very different functions. The time having done its work, there remains today only the remains of two of them, but they testify to the importance and the role of the mills in Flanders
468 route de la Couronne de Bierne 59380 BERGUES
