Easy hikes and walks in Sint-Jansberg

THE BOVENSTE PLASMOLEN The exact age of this watermill is unknown, but it may have been in operation as early as the fifteenth century. The wall anchor date '1725' indicates that a renovation took place in that year. Originally, the Bovenste Plasmolen was designed for papermaking; however, in 1846 it was converted to mill grain. The millstones are driven by a waterwheel that serves as both a medium-shot and an overshot wheel. The water for the medium-shot drive comes from the nearby Molenvijver (Mill Pond). The water for the overshot drive comes from the Groene Water (Green Water) located higher up via a stream and a long channel. The gasoline engine can also be used as auxiliary power. The Bovenste Plasmolen suffered war damage in 1944 and subsequently fell into disrepair. However, in 1999, the watermill and the watercourses were fully restored. ANWE Zimmermanfonds

In the middle of the forest two beautiful ponds between the trees

Here you can sit for a while and enjoy the surroundings.

For more information, see: https://www.grenspalen.nl/archief-denl/gp-depruis-nl-584-594.html

Bench between the remains of the walled lower garden of Huize Sint-Jansberg. This villa, also known as 'the castle', which became the core of a beautiful estate in the second half of the nineteenth century but was completely destroyed in 1944, also had a coach house, gardener's house, various other outbuildings, tenant farms and gardens, such as an upper garden with fruit trees and the walled lower garden that had three levels and where you will find this bench. Part of the wall is still visible, as are the greenhouses and a section of the garden steps. You can enter the garden remains and ruins and discover the bench to rest among the past. Of course, you have to search a little, walk, make an effort and, if necessary, read the information boards. On the bench you will find a metal plate with the text "Searching for forest history".

Huize Sint-Jansberg, also known as 'the castle', which became the core of a beautiful estate in the second half of the nineteenth century but was completely destroyed in 1944, also had a coach house, gardener's house, various other outbuildings, tenant farms and gardens, such as an upper garden with fruit trees and a walled lower garden that had three levels. Part of the wall is still visible, as are the greenhouses and a piece of the garden's steps. You can enter and there is also a bench.

Sequoias are of course not native trees and this one is also a remnant of the times when a country house stood here, Huize Sint-Jansberg. The sequoia, together with lime trees, marks the place where the front garden with a circular lawn once stood.

As mentioned elsewhere, this forest once belonged to the domain of Huize Sint-Jansberg, which was completely destroyed in 1944. Here and there you will find various remains of the estate and landscape elements, sometimes even fragments. This former ice cellar also belongs to it. You can't really get to it (in theory), but you can see the entrance and an information board, also about its current use in the context of bat hibernation. In itself perhaps not so special, but if you combine all the elements with the history of Huize Sint-Jansberg and its remains, you get, in addition to an image of the beautiful forest as it is, also an image of what it was like here.