Bishop's Mill

The Bisschopsmolen is a medieval watermill on the Jeker in the center of the Dutch city of Maastricht.

According to a somewhat unreliable tradition, the mill is said to date back to the 7th century, during the time of the bishops of Maastricht. Another tradition places the origin of the current name in the 11th century, when the owner of the mill, Duke Godfrey of Bouillon, leased part of his possessions, including the mill, to the Bishop of Liège to finance his participation in the First Crusade. It was included in the agreement that the pledged possessions would revert to the bishop in the event that the duke did not return from the crusade. When the duke, who was unmarried and childless, died in Jerusalem in 1099, the mill thus became bishop's property and has been called Bisschopsmolen ever since.

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