It's not just a mill, a Erdholländer standing there in Gehlenberg. In fact, the local history association has created a small historical village, almost an open-air museum with free admission, in a long and loving work.
The mill itself with a wooden shingle roof and codend dates from 1840 and still has the old grinder. Since 1980, the mill and the old Schute sawmill have been owned by the Gehlenberg-Neuvrees-Neulorup e.V. local history association, which subsequently completely renovated the bakehouse (built in 1927) with many volunteer helpers. Since then, bread has been regularly baked in the stone oven again.
Everytime on Sundays ...
From 2 p.m. to 5 p.m., the association offers coffee and homemade cakes in the newly designed hall of the Mühlenberg cultural center. During the summer season, around 80 Gehlenberg women bake the cakes and donate them to the village community.
Furthermore, toilets, a lounge and a local history museum were built by the Gehlenberger community. In the sawmill museum, the existing saws can be used again. There are also old agricultural machines and tools from craft trades (carpenter, wheelwright, turner, shoemaker, blacksmith, etc.) on display.
Outside, an old half-timbered school, a Göpel, a clod hut, a hermit's house, a wagon shed, as well as a ring kiln and drying shed of the former brickworks can be viewed.
In 2020, a 100 m² cottage garden surrounded by a picket fence was created. Just as it used to be found on the farms, the garden is divided into four areas (herbs, vegetables, strawberries and bee-friendly cottage garden flowers).