Kollergang Weert

Weert used to have eight city mills. These mills served the residents of the growing medieval city. There were corn mills, husking mills, bark mills, tanning mills, and saw mills. The mills were instrumental in Weert's growth from a small village to a city with its own cloth halls in Haarlem and Antwerp. The first mills in Weert were a watermill and a post mill, described in a charter from 1295, which shows that the Chapter of Saint Servatius in Maastricht had a number of rights and possessions in Weert, including a mill right, a windmill, and a watermill.
Later, the Lords of Weert became the owners of the mills. Street names such as Molenstraat, Molenveldstraat, Molenpoort, and Looimolenstraat still remind us of those old city mills of Weert.
The De Kollergang walking route takes you past the places where these mills once stood. The old Kollergang at the Molenpoort, a reminder of an old rose oil mill, is the starting point of the walk at the Beekpoort.

📏 5.3 km
🕑 1.5 hours
⭐ Low, fully paved. Wheelchair accessible
📍 Beekpoort Weert
🏁 Beekpoort Weert