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=== Stockmans Mill ===
[[File:Woning, eertijds Hof ter Beke.JPG|thumb|House with built heritage status, formerly the ''ter Beke Court'']]
The ''Stockmans Mill'' (Stockmansmolen) is the only [[watermill]] that is left in Zaventem. Its history goes back to the 13th century when during the time of [[Henry III, Duke of Brabant]] the mill was mentioned in an official document of 1249. Around 1450, this mill company belonged to the van der Beke family, which is why it was called the ''ter Beke Mill'', at that time adjacent to the ''ter Beke Court''. The court and the mill were separated in the 16th and 17th century due to a series of inheritances and sales. From 1675 until the beginning of the 19th century, the mill remained the property of the highly esteemed vanden Bossche family. In 1807 the mill was sold to Karel de Velder. When during the [[Belgian Revolution]] of 1830, [[Netherlands|Dutch]] troops were stationed in the fields along the [[Woluwe|Woluwe River]] between Zaventem and [[Sint-Stevens-Woluwe]], [[miller]] Karel de Velder stopped the water from flowing through in order to flood the fields and the Dutch would retreat. The mill subsequently became the property of the Stockmans family after Karel de Velder's granddaughter married Jan Philippe Stockmans, hence the name "Stockmans Mill". The watermill was used to grind the grains, and later it was also used as a [[paper mill]]. Watermills contributed greatly to the early industrialisation of the area. It remained functioning until the mid-20th century but its condition decreased gravely. A private owner bought it and renovated it in the end of the 1980s to convert it into a restaurant and tavern.<ref name="vandyck" /> Stockmansmolen is now a popular burger restaurant.