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This historic watermill is the headquarters of the Eggermühlen local history association.

A beautiful historic mill

Historic mill, unfortunately you can't see much from the outside. Small rest area opposite for a short break

Beautiful watermill as a home

The small water mill is always worth a short detour.

The Wöstenesch watermill was the only one of three watermills on the Eggermühlenbach that was preserved and revived by the local community. It bears witness to the long tradition of water mills in this area. The Wöstenesch water mill, which belongs to the village of Eggermühlen, is embedded in an old cultural landscape on the edge of the extensive Maiburg forest area. It was the only one of three mills that were originally located on the Eggermühlenbach stream that was preserved. The first documented mention in the archives of the Westphalian noble seat of Darfeld dates back to 1594, when the mill, built by the Cistercian nuns of the Börstel monastery, changed hands for the first time.

At its end, Schwedenstraße meets the former eastern cross street, the street “An den Schanzen”. The current name is reminiscent of an earth bastion that was located here until 1734, the Rinken or Kemnaschanze (Kemnade), named after the residents of the house directly on the ski jump. The large earth wall with a wide city moat secured the southeast side of the city. Even during the 30 Years' War, the entrenchment was a strong defensive bulwark.

The castle was built in the 14th century by Electoral Mainz to protect the neighboring Steinbach monastery and the surrounding estates against the Electoral Palatinate. The process can be seen as a dispute between the archdiocese and the Palatinate as a result of the transfer of the Lorsch monastery to Electorate of Mainz in 1232. The construction on fiefdom of the Erbach taverns, which were fiefdoms of the Count Palatine, led to complications that were initially resolved by granting a castle fiefdom and later by pledging it to Erbach. The earliest mention of the castle comes from the year 1310. In 1317 Schenk Eberhard VI. von Erbach called Mainzer Burgmann. After the castle was initially given to Erbach as a Mainz fiefdom, the taverns acquired Fürstenau in 1355 and finally in 1454. Until then, a Mainz bailiff had still resided in the castle.