Oranjemolen, Vlissingen

The Oranjemolen is a corn mill and former hulling mill on the Oranjedijk in Vlissingen, in the Dutch province of Zeeland. Due to its location, this mill is both a good windcatcher and an eye-catcher. It is a scaffold mill described in 1699, so it must have been built earlier. Since 1968, the mill has been owned by the municipality of Vlissingen. It is covered with roofing leather and has a flight of 24.50/24.60 meters. Since 2014 the mill has been grinding, and is still used to grind grain on a voluntary basis. Of the 23 city mills in Vlissingen, the Oranjemolen is the only one left. It is the closest mill to the sea in the Netherlands. On several occasions, the mill has suffered from violence of war. A bullet from the English fleet in 1809 is said to still be in the southwest side of the mill wall. Traces of the Second World War can also still be found - the Allies landed near the mill in 1944.

In 2000 the Oranjedijk had to be raised by two meters. Therefore, the leaning mill was straightened and jacked up two meters using pile foundations, and an extensive restoration took place in 2002.