Klostermühle Boitzenburg

About the museum

The mill goes back to the Cistercian convent that the margraves founded in 1271. The present mill building has existed in its basic form since around 1752 and for centuries used water power. Flour was milled here until 1959, and mixed animal feed was produced until 1978.

Most of the technology has survived intact. A Francis turbine installed in 1919 once also supplied the village with electricity. The complex also includes a historic cellar bakery and a miller's house with a traditional black kitchen (Schwarze Küche).

During demonstrations, museum miller Martin Joost starts the milling machinery and explains the path of the grain from the Windenboden (hoist floor) through the Steinboden (millstone floor), the sifter (Sichter) and on to the bagging bench (Absackbank).

Highlights

• A mill site more than 700 years old
• Francis turbine from 1919
• Demonstrations by the museum miller
• Cellar bakery and miller's house with black kitchen

Permanent exhibition

• Historische Mühlentechnik – Original milling technology from the Windenboden to the bagging bench, plus the turbine, cellar bakery and miller's house.

Founded

1978

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The Klostermühle is currently not wheelchair-accessible.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

Getting there & parking

Address: Mühlenweg 5, 17268 Boitzenburger Land.

Amenities & dining

In the village there is the Restaurant Marstall Boitzenburg and the Eisbar Mocca Milch ice cream bar.

Events & venue rental

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