Kjærs Mølle ligger ved åen Østerå.
Den bliver også på dette sted kaldt for Kjærs Mølleå.
Åen har sit udspring sydøst for byen Ellidshøj og udmunder i Limfjorden ved Aalborg Havn.
Her ved Østerå har der fra tidernes morgen lagt en vandmølle, som brugte vandkraften til at valse kornkernerne om mel.
I 1851 blev vandmøllen købt og bygget om til tekstilfabrikken Kjærs mølle.
Vandkraften blev brugt til at drive maskinerne indtil midt i 60erne, og den dag i dag bruger Tekstilvirksomheden 1½ million liter vand fra åen til deres produktion.
Tekstilvirksomheden producere stadig klæder. Den har i over 160 år tilpasset sig tiderne og i dag hedder den Gabriel.
Fabrikkens historie kan læses: http://www.gabriel.dk/fileadmin/Gabriel_150_aar.pdf
Når du går fra parkeringskoordinaterne, følger du åen.
Åen løber her langs med fabrikken. Børn kan medbringes men skal holdes i kort snor!
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Kjærs Mølle (Kjær’s Mill) is placed next to the small river Østerå.
This part of the river is also called Kjærs Mølleå.
The river has its source southeast of the town Ellidshøj and ends in the fjord Limfjord at the Aalborg harbour.
Since the dawn of time there has been a watermill at Østerå, where they used the water power for grinding grain to flour.
In 1851 the water mill was sold and rebuild to the textile factory, Kjærs mill.
Hydropower was used to power the machines until the mid-sixties and also today the textile factory uses 1.5 million litres of water from the river to their production.
The Textile factory still produces cloth. In the past 160 years it has adapted to times and today the name of the factory is Gabriel.
The factory's history can be read: http://www.gabriel.dk/fileadmin/Gabriel_150_years.pdf
When you walk from the parking coordinates, you are following the river.
t runs along the factory. You can bring children but they must be kept close to you.