Rietmolen is a village in the eastern

Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...

. It is located in the municipality of

Berkelland Berkelland () is a Municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands province of Gelderland. It was created on 1 January 2005 from the merger of the former municipalities of Borculo, Eibergen, Neede, and Ruurlo. The new municipalit ...

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. It was first mentioned in the 1630s as Rytmuelerbrugh, and means "windmill along a stream". Since 1712, the inn Reetmölle was used as a Catholic church. In 1835, a real church was built. In 1931, construction began on a new church. It was finished in 1933, and has a tall slender tower which resembles a

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Gallery

File:2020-08-18 — Pastoor C.M. van Everdingenstraat 41, Rietmolen.jpg, Farm in Rietmolen File:2020-08-18 — Bushalte 'Kerkplein' (buurtbus 192 191) - Waterleidingdijk, Rietmolen.jpg, Bus stop File:Berkelland-Rietmolen, de Sint-Caeciliakerk RM515564 IMG 0128 2024-03-10 14.08.jpg, Tower of the church

References

Populated places in Gelderland Berkelland {{Gelderland-geo-stub