The Kampen horse mill - Kampen

In the mid-19th century, there were about 1,300 horse-driven windmills in the Netherlands. Of these mills, only one with an upper gear has survived: the Rosmolen in the Gothic House in Kampen, now part of the Stedelijk Museum. This mill, which existed as early as 1699, was used for grinding buckwheat. Due to the low wear of the millstones, the interior has a rare character. Consisting of a horse pad, grinding stalls and a drying attic, the mill is unique because of its high age and unusual parts.

After almost a century of neglect, the mill was restored by the Rijksgebouwendienst and the municipality of Kampen. Today, the Rosmolen is part of the museum, where demonstrations of traditional buckwheat milling are given. The flour and semolina produced in the process is for sale. Even the husks released during grinding are reused, for example as cushion stuffing. The mill is an important historical heritage that is regularly displayed to the public.