Kollergang Weert

Weert once had eight town mills. These mills served the residents of the growing medieval town. There were grain mills, husking mills, bark mills, tanning mills, and sawmills. The mills were instrumental in Weert’s growth from a small village into a town that even had 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 held a number of rights and properties 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 serve as reminders of those old city mills of Weert.
The De Kollergang walking route takes you past the sites where these mills once operated. The old Kollergang at Molenpoort, a reminder of an old horse-powered oil mill, is the starting point of the walk at Beekpoort.

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