A brass plate discovered at the mill with the date 13?? suggests that it was built during this period. The Rudekloster in Glücksburg, founded in 1210, is to be regarded as the builder. At that time, the monasteries made great efforts to build mills.
After the increasing influence of the Reformation, the monasteries in Schleswig-Holstein also lost their supremacy. In 1543 the mill became the property of the then King Christian III of Denmark.
Milling was compulsory until 1854. For the people of Frörup this meant that all royal subjects of the 6 parishes: Oeversee, Großsolt, Kleinsolt, Sieverstedt, Eggebek and Jörl were obliged to have their grain ground only in the Frörup forced mill.
During the mill compulsion period, the mill was a leasehold mill.
On December 2, 1812, the mill burned down completely. In 1814 it was rebuilt. In 1854 the obligation to use mills was lifted. The tenant now had to find customers himself. He didn't seem to have enjoyed the mill much since that time. In 1864 he sold them.
The next owner, together with a baker, tried to break new ground in the management of the mill. A large bakery was set up next to the mill in 1870.
Bread was baked in two huge ovens and brought to Flensburg and the surrounding villages in bread wagons early in the morning. The bread was even delivered by train to Husum and Tönning. After a change of ownership in 1882, the bakery was no longer continued.
The mill burned down a second time in 1887 and was rebuilt as it can be seen today.
It is also worth noting that the mill also ran a generator to provide electrical power to the buildings. The mill was therefore the only house in the village that was “electrified” even before Schleswag supplied it in 1921.
All sorts of changes have happened to the mill over the years.
Technical development led to the old water wheel being replaced by a water turbine in 1958. In 1975 the last miller in Frörup, Andreas Hansen, closed the mill.
The Frörup water mill was probably built in the 13th century. Later owners were the Cistercian monastery of Rüde and the King of Denmark. Today the mill is privately owned.
Frörup has an old water-powered mill, powered by the Treene River and used to grind grain. It was probably built in the 13th century. The mill later became the owner of the Cistercian monastery of Rüde. The abbot there ceded the mill to the King of Denmark in 1543. Today the mill is privately owned, and the mill wheel is used solely to generate electricity. Unfortunately, tours are not possible.