page_title: Zundert
section_title: Windmills
hierarchical_section_title: Zundert / Architecture / Windmills
caption_attribution_description: Nederlands: De Akkermolen: De Akkermolen te Zundert schuin van voren gefotografeerd (opmerking: Diacollectie Molens) This is an image of rijksmonument number 41113 More images
context_page_description: Zundert is a municipality and town in the south of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. Zundert is the birthplace of post-impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh.
context_section_description: Zundert is the home of a 17th-century windmill, called 'De Akkermolen' (The Croftmill).
  It is said to have been originally built in 1652. It is a standard mill, and it was built to process grain.
  The mill had numerous private owners in the past, including stadtholder Willem V, as the Baron of Breda, who became owner in 1794. In the early 1900s the mill was owned by Wilhelmus van der Stappen.
  The mill was heavily damaged in 1950, and its existence was threatened several occasions after that. The Akkermolen is currently owned by the municipality of Zundert, which bought it in 1959, the last private owners being the Herijgers family. After the mill was taken over by Zundert, it needed serious restoration, which took place in 1961. Another restoration took place in 1991, but then, the entire mill needed to be taken apart and restored.
  The Akkermolen can be visited, after arranging an appointment at Akkermolenweg 15.
  The town had other mills in the past, one of them was a stone-mill called "De Eendracht", which stood on Moleneind, currently known as Poteind. It burned down on January 23, 1909. The owner at the time;Jaak Theeuwis, had already lost a wooden mill in Zundert, which was blown down in the previous year of 1908. A store called "de Boerenbond" is now located on the former mills location.
caption: De Akkermolen te Zundert
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