history

 

For centuries people have lived here. Already in 1816 the place in the hamlet of Vressel was mentioned in a notarial act as a homestead with surrounding pastures and arable land. In ancient house lists habitation was mentioned in 1736. Already in 1500 an ancient mansion called Ter Molenstraete was situated here. Then between 1500 -1800 was a period of unrest, disaster and poverty. Many mansions fell into decay and most of them disappeared completely. This was also the case with Ter Molenstraete.
The fact that the place has been inhabited for such a long time is probably due to the fact that the river Dommel is very near. It is also possible that the well with pure drinking-water was an important factor. Even today the well is still there. 

As far as we know now the cottage of today has always been a small farmhouse in which agricultural workers and makers of wooden shoes lived. It is over hundred years old and has been renovated more than once. At the back of the garden there is a little hovel in which the clogs used to be made.      

The name 't Nagtegaeltje is the name of a plot of land which was owned by the then inhabitant of the farm. In those days plots of land were given a name not a number. Other plots of land in those days were the Molewey and the Bieswey, now the names of our guestrooms.