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Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Elsdorf-Westermühlen

Westermühlen Watermill

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Elsdorf-Westermühlen

Westermühlen Watermill

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Westermühlen Watermill

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Location: Elsdorf-Westermühlen, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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1. Scenic Forest Cycle Path – View of the Eider River loop from Lohklint

48.4km

03:04

140m

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2. View of the Eider River – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Lohklint

43.3km

02:35

120m

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3. Hohner Lake – Transall C-160D 51+06 in Hohn loop from Hamdorf

47.7km

03:07

90m

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JR56

November 4, 2018

The watermill was first mentioned in 1470 as the Duke Gottorp's official mill.
It was a "forced mill" for the Hohner Harde.
The building from 1787 had an overshot, internal water wheel with a dam height of 2.5 m until 1920. Today it has an external, undershot water wheel as a "show wheel" without a drive in the house; there is no longer any technology.
This location has acquired a certain historical significance through the Storm miller family, who were tenants here from 1542 to 1863. Johann-Casimir Storm, the father of the famous poet Theodor Storm, was born here.

Source: milldatabase.org/mills/germany-wassermuhle-elsdorf-westermuhlen_id_11101

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Klaus 🚴‍♂️ SchleiRadler 🚴‍♂️

April 27, 2023

The old water mill is no longer preserved, but a large part of the mill house is still standing and a new small mill wheel was added a few years ago.
A beautiful place on the mill pond in the middle of Westermühlen, where Theodor Storm, whose father came from Westermühlen, liked to spend his holidays.
The poem "Westermühlen" that Theodor Storm wrote in 1837 can be read on the information board.

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Location: Elsdorf-Westermühlen, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

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Westermühlen Watermill

1. Scenic Forest Cycle Path – View of the Eider River loop from Lohklint

2. View of the Eider River – Kiel Canal (Nord-Ostsee-Kanal) loop from Lohklint

3. Hohner Lake – Transall C-160D 51+06 in Hohn loop from Hamdorf

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