ニーウェ湖のおすすめMTBライド

Closed in winter

Well maintained, extra steps / jumps have been made and some trees have been cut down.

Nice to drive with dunes and sea nearby.

Nice trail, also good to ride with a different type of bike.

This mill was built as a polder mill in 1778. In 1866, its function changed from polder mill to corn mill, and today it serves as a residence. De Zwarte Ruiter is a national monument, but unfortunately, it is not open to the public.

As in probably every other profession, there are also a few so-called "black sheep" among the many honorable millers in the milling trade. In his book "The Flight to Egypt," the popular children's author Otfried Preußler recounts the following short episode: "And they didn't even make it all the way to Klostergrätz that evening, but a mill lay along their path, the Kloster Mill – and there they stayed until the next morning. At first, the miller was almost struck dumb when the Imperial and Royal Gendarmerie suddenly knocked on his door: Apparently, there had been some disputes with a customer last week over a few sacks of grain, which had inexplicably disappeared from his mill […] but it could have been that he was reported for it anyway – and now they were coming to get him… Naturally, all the disputed sacks of grain immediately fell from the miller's mind, as [Sergeant] Hawlitschek simply asked for lodging for the night."

At this spot, dotted with several benches, boats come and go constantly. Always a pleasant sight.

This one is manually opening and closing by 2 gate keepers