Neuenhaus Watermill - Neuenhaus

In the center of Neuenhaus, you'll find two large wooden wheels on a real mill pond: the Neuenhaus Watermill. The mill pond used to be a small harbor where ships suitable for small rivers like the Dinkel would moor. Their cargo would then be unloaded.

The mill was built before 1349 as part of Dinkelrode Castle. It was probably initially an oil mill, later becoming a felt mill or a fulling mill. Felting, also called fulling, is the process of kneading wool with oil to felt the fibers so they stick together.

Due to the Eighty Years' War, more and more wool weavers left the area, and the felting industry declined. After numerous acquisitions, its reversion to an oil mill, and the installation of a hulling mill for hulling barley grains, the mill caught fire in 1820. The original mill burned down completely.

In 1995/1996, these paddle wheels were restored to their former glory, making the past visible and tangible again. They complete the picture of this beautiful historic part of the city.