Lambertsmühle

About the museum

For centuries the Lambertsmühle was the banal mill (a mill that local tenants were obliged to use) of the manor Haus Landscheid; the farmers on the associated lands had to have their grain ground here. It is said to owe its name to a man named Lambert, born around 1570, who lived in the mill with the permission of the lords of Landscheid. In 1751 the last tenant bought the property, which a few years later passed to the miller Philipp Klein. After a fire in February 1766, the mill was rebuilt immediately and received its present form; a sandstone inscription above the entrance door commemorates this.

In the 19th and 20th centuries, several families ran the mill as a mill bakery. The bakery was abandoned in 1942, and grinding continued until December 1956. In 1983 the property was placed under monument protection, and the last owner bequeathed it to the town of Burscheid on the condition that a museum be set up there.

The town accepted the inheritance in 1994, after citizens had come together to form a friends' association, which was founded in January 1995. The association took over preservation and museum operations and carried out the restoration with more than 50,000 volunteer hours and grant funding. Today the ensemble of mill, stable, coach house and barn shows the working grinding mechanism, the museum "Vom Korn zum Brot" (From Grain to Bread), a weaving room, old workshops and a farmhouse garden; events are held regularly in the former stable.

Highlights

• Working water wheel and grinding mechanism
• Museum "Vom Korn zum Brot" with baking oven
• Weaving room with a loom in use
• Forge, woodworking shop and shoemaker's workshop
• Farmhouse garden with observation beehive and beekeeping
• Civil wedding ceremonies in the "Gute Stube" (parlor)

Permanent exhibitions

• Vom Korn zum Brot – Milling technology with water wheel and grinding mechanism as well as the journey of grain to bread from the historic baking oven.
• Handwerk und Landwirtschaft – Weaving room, forge, woodworking shop, shoemaker's workshop and agricultural tools in the ensemble of mill, stable, coach house and barn.

Operated by

Verein zur Förderung der Lambertsmühle zu Burscheid e. V.

Admission & discounts

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

Accessibility

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

Only the first floor is accessible; the upper operating and museum rooms can only be reached via stairs and steep stairways.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

Getting there & parking

From Burscheid take the L 58 toward Leverkusen-Lützenkirchen, turn left after 700 m and continue 900 m through Repinghofen to the mill.

Amenities & dining

• Wi-Fi

Groups can make coffee during visits. Dogs are welcome on the grounds on a leash, but not in the buildings.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Weddings / ceremonies

Civil wedding ceremonies in the "Gute Stube" and in the event room (former stable); information from the Standesamt Burscheid (registry office), +49 2174 670-146.

Plan your visit