De Watermöhl Varrel

The Varrel estate, which probably originated in the 14th century, was able to be preserved in its original meaning as an agricultural estate with a mill with its historic buildings, the manor house, the manor barn, the water mill, the mill weir, the manor and the large outdoor facilities.
In the interplay of the community and the exemplary commitment of volunteers from the Gut Varrel e.V.
The manor house is one of the oldest surviving buildings in the district of Varrel and has undergone many structural changes over the course of its history, but the substance of the oldest, eastern part has remained unchanged.
Today, meetings, events, exhibitions and weddings are held in the rooms.
The Gutsscheune was built in its present form in 1903.
Before that there was a storehouse on this site until 1873 and a barn until 1900.
The cowshed was also housed in today's barn.
The sanitary facilities and the new entrance area were planned for the new part between the barn and the mill.
The Gutsscheune with its impressive framework and a total area of
After the restoration, around 620 square meters has become a popular cultural and sporting meeting place for Stuhr.
After a fire in 1903, the water mill was rebuilt in its present form at the old location in 1904 and used to be a copper mill, fulling mill, loh mill and then a grain mill.
Today the water mill is used as a club house for TuS Varrel e.V. and the
Förderverein Gut Varrel e.V.
The half-timbered barn was built in 1985 near the spot where an old thatched pigsty and a machine shed stood until 1972.
The barn is a partly 300 year old building from Bookholzberg,
which is used to store many devices and materials.
The fire engine house dates back to 1924. Until the 1950s, it was used to store a fire brigade hand fire engine, which was driven by the landowner's horse and cart.
The manor park is right behind the manor house and still shows the beginnings of a manorial residence.
The park contains some exotic timbers and large old trees that are not from the region
come.
In the front part you can still see an ornamental garden surrounded by boxwood hedges.
The bakery is a new addition.
It was originally built in 1832 in Stiftenhöfte near Harpstedt and dated in 1988
"Förderverein Gut Varrel" professionally dismantled, transported to Varrel and stored.
The topping-out ceremony was finally celebrated in October 2002.
Since June 2004 the bakery has been in use again.
Bread and cakes are baked there once a month.

De Watermöhl is a historic watermill in Varrel, Lower Saxony, which is a fascinating example of traditional mill technology. It was originally built in 1832 in Stiftenhöfte near Harpstedt and in 1988 was professionally dismantled, transported to Varrel and stored by the Gut Varrel Friends Association. The topping-out ceremony for the reconstruction was celebrated in October 2002 and the mill's bakery has been in regular use again since June 2004. Bread and cakes are baked here once a month, making the mill a lively cultural meeting place.The municipality of Varrel itself is historically and culturally rich. First mentioned in documents in 1232, it now offers numerous sights such as the neo-Gothic St. Mary's Church, which was built in 1870/71 according to plans by Conrad Wilhelm Hase. The sexton's house from 1832, which originally served as a school, is now used for cultural events.

The water mill has a long history.
Monks are said to have diverted the Heiligenrode monastery stream in such a way that a mill pond was created - and yet there was still enough gradient to drive a mill.
After the first mill burned down in 1903, it was built in 1904 and had various uses:
Initially as a copper mill - but had to be abandoned as such due to a lack of local copper ore raw materials and very soon converted into a profitable fulling mill for loden cloth. Later, bones were also broken and hides tanned (lohmühle).It now serves as a clubhouse for the TuS Varrel sports club and as a meeting room for the support association. The Nature Conservation Association and NABU have their workshops in the basement.