The town of STEENVOORDE

Steenvoorde is a small town of 3964 inhabitants in the north of France. It is located in the middle of the Flemish hills and owes its name to a stone (steen) ford (voord) set up by the Romans while making their way up north.

The town has a church with three naves, the strong wooden vault of which is embellished with encarved pinacles in the Romanesque style.

There are also two wind-mills in Steenvoorde, the DRIEVENMEULEN and the NOORDMEULEN. They are revolving wooden mills built on the Flemish model.

The great spinning-wheel of the Drievenmeulen dates back to 1766. This mill was renovated in 1997.

The Noordmeulen dates from 1576 and was renovated in 1978. Its mechanism is from the 18^th century and now turns again with the wind and mills corn during the sightseeing tours. Its framework weights 45 tons and the wingspread is of 20.5 meters.

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