In 1456, the Lüttelforst Mill first appears in the annals of the Bocholtz family, a knight's estate in Waldniel. It belonged to the Dahlhof and was therefore also called the Dahlmühle (Dahl Mill) during this period. Through an inheritance in 1591, the farm and its mill were separated from the main estate in Waldniel and awarded to the Sibert von Bocholtz couple. The mill was operated as an oil and grain mill.
When the mill was leased to Matthias Jetten in 1763, the very interesting rent was also mentioned: 13 malters (a grain measure, approximately 3.5 hundredweight) of rye, 6 malters of barley, 4 malters of buckwheat, 2 malters of wheat, a fat pig, 10 kilograms of fish, 100 chicken eggs, 100 duck eggs, 8 chickens, 8 ducks, 4 pounds of sugar, 2 pounds of ginger, 1 pound of pepper, ¼ pound of cinnamon, 3 pounds of prunes, 3 pounds of raisins, 1 pound of currants, ¼ of nutmeg, ¼ of mace, and ¼ pound of cabbage leaves from the grain mill, as well as 21 Reichstaler, 3 malters of baking flour, 50 cans of linseed oil, 14 cans of rapeseed oil, and one gold guilder for the New Year from the oil mill.
Around 1900, a restaurant was established in the mill. The mill retained its right to water until milling ceased in 1954. Today, the Lüttelforst Mill operates as a hotel-restaurant, with a large iron waterwheel as its landmark and an original pan mill as a decorative feature in the dining room.
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