The Heppen Mill (also known as Mill Zels) was a wooden windmill in the Molenbergstraat. The default mill was founded in 1853 by miller Felix LOOS from Balen, who transferred the mill elsewhere. His children took over the mill in 1862. In 1878 the mill was put on the name…
Hyacint Caïmo was an officer in the French army from 1812 to 1815 and later until 1825 in the Dutch army. After the independence of Belgium he joined the Belgian army as a captain. When in 1835 Diest’s camp was broken up and transferred to Beverlo, Caïmo was charged with engaging in horse-drawn carriages….
