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STORY

The Woltersmühle is one of the oldest watermills in Schleswig-Holstein.

It was first mentioned in a document in 1488 when the owner Hans v. Buchwald sold the mill, the farm and all other possessions to the Karthauser monastery in Ahrensbök.

 

 

The massive boulders from that time, on which the house is built directly on the Schwartau, are still impressive today. When the monastery was dissolved during the Reformation, the mill became a leasehold.  From 1768 the Woltersmühle, at that time leased by the Scharbau family, gained growing economic importance.

 

 

Joachim Scharbau received a building permit for a windmill, which he operated when water was scarce. In addition, Scharbau acquired the right to serve beer in his mill. In this way, he was able to make the often unavoidable waiting time a little more entertaining for his guests. A little later he also acquired the concession for a brandy distillery.

 

In 1798 the current brick building was placed on the old fieldstone foundation. Characterized by this period, the house received its balanced, classical form.

 

Many mill guests later brought their grain to mills that were closer to their fields. So the miller also built an oil beater for rapeseed.

 

After the mill was shut down around 1920, farming continued.


Our family bought the house and the farm in 1954. In 1983 we built two spacious, comfortable holiday apartments in the former mill storehouse, which have been extensively renovated in recent years.

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