Mühle Hoffnung

About the museum

The windmill "Hoffnung" (Hope) first stood in Meierwik on the Flensburger Förde (Flensburg Firth). There, miller Erich Nicolai Nissen had the Erdholländer built in 1845 with the Flensburg millwright Petersen, next to an existing watermill. After the Mühlenzwang (compulsory milling rules) were abolished in 1853, exports of milled products ceased, and few customers lived nearby.

In 1868 Nissen realized that there was no windmill in the parish of Munkbrarup, and moved his mill to the village church. In Meierwik it was dismantled; the machinery, body and cap were taken apart and brought to Munkbrarup by horse and wagon. There a brick lower building with a sack floor and grinding hall was built first, surrounded by an earth embankment; a granary was added later. The mill was rebuilt on this foundation, and on the open site the wind could reach it from every direction. Moving mills was not unusual at the time.

Today it is the northernmost groats mill in Germany. With twelve-meter-long Segelgatterflügel (lattice sail wings) and several grinding runs, it serves as a venue for tours, baking days in the bake house and events, run by the mill operator and the Munkbrarup mill association.

Highlights

• Earth-based Dutch-style windmill from 1868 with lattice sail wings
• Grinding runs with different millstones and a hulling run for groats
• Guided tours with grinding grain and baking Mühlentaler for children
• Bake house with a wood-fired oven and monthly baking days in the summer half-year
• Café Mühle und Me(e)hr, plus an event venue and weddings in the grinding hall

Permanent exhibition

• Windmühle Hoffnung – Earth-based Dutch-style windmill from 1868 with grinding runs for rye and wheat, a hulling run for groats and an oat crusher.

Operated by

Familie Pagel (Mühlenbetreiber)

Admission & discounts

Guided tour for children (up to 15 children and 1 adult) €60, each additional adult €5. Questions without a tour are free of charge; for further information a donation is requested.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Children's tour "Vom Korn zum Brot" with grinding and baking; kindergarten and school groups are welcome.

Getting there & parking

The mill is in sight across from the church and cemetery in Munkbrarup.

Amenities & dining

• Café

Café Mühle und Me(e)hr in the bake house, with wood-oven bread, Müllerfladen (miller's flatbread), cake and coffee on baking days from 15:00.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

Grinding hall, bake house, pagoda and tent for weddings and celebrations (the bake house for up to about 22–24 people, in front of the mill 120 or more). Civil wedding ceremonies are conducted by the mayor of Munkbrarup.

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