Edens, Oldambt

The Edens corn mill is the oldest mill in Winschoten and also the oldest mill in the province of Groningen.

The mill was most likely built in 1763 as a hulling mill and later converted to a corn mill. At present, only the milling mechanism is still present. The mill was raised in 1870. In 1985 the mill was thoroughly restored and has been in voluntary operation ever since. Because of the mill protection zone around the mill, which has to protect the free fall of the wind, the then owner of the mill, the municipality of Winschoten, raised the mill three meters in 2006. This was done because an apartment complex in the vicinity of the mill was taking some of the wind out of the sails. Besides being the oldest still existing mill in the province of Groningen, this mill is now also the highest. Together with the other two mills Berg and Dijkstra, the mill is an important landmark in the "Mill City" of Winschoten. The current owner is the municipality of Oldambt in which Winschoten was absorbed in 2010.