Wilhelm-Busch-Mühle

Over het museum

A mill on this site in Ebergötzen is documented as a manorial mill as early as the 14th century; the core of the present building dates from the 16th century. In the 19th century the mill belonged to the Bachmann family of millers.

From 1841, the young Wilhelm Busch lived in Ebergötzen with his uncle, the pastor Georg Kleine. Here he made friends with the miller's son Erich Bachmann, who was the same age – a friendship that lasted a lifetime. His childhood impressions of the village and the mill are regarded as one source of Busch's later work; a mill plays a decisive role in "Max und Moritz."

The mill ground grain commercially until 1938 and only occasionally after that. After World War II the rooms served as emergency housing, and the building fell increasingly into disrepair. When demolition loomed in the early 1970s, committed citizens founded the Förderkreis Wilhelm-Busch-Stätten, acquired the mill and had it painstakingly restored. It opened as a museum in 1977.

Today the Förderkreis guides visitors through the house and the mill building, setting the waterwheel and the historic milling machinery in motion. An exhibition tells the story of Busch and his friend Bachmann, and a book collection shows translations of "Max und Moritz" from around the world.

Hoogtepunten

• Demonstration of the working water mill with historic milling machinery
• Stations on the boyhood friendship of Wilhelm Busch and Erich Bachmann
• Collection of "Max und Moritz" translations from around the world
• Mill barn and cottage garden, also used for weddings
• Combination ticket with the nearby Europäisches Brotmuseum (European Bread Museum)

Vaste collectie

• Wassermühle und Mahltechnik – During tours, the restored mill is set in motion to explain how grain was turned into flour using water power.
• Wilhelm Busch und Erich Bachmann – Exhibition on Busch's childhood in Ebergötzen and his lifelong friendship with the miller's son.
• Max und Moritz in aller Welt – Book collection with translations of the picture story into numerous languages.

Opgericht

1977

Beheerder

Förderkreis Wilhelm-Busch-Stätten Ebergötzen e. V.

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

The demonstration of the milling machinery is included in admission. The Europäisches Brotmuseum is about 700 m away.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: niet aanwezig
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

According to the culture portal kulturis, not wheelchair-accessible. There are a few parking spaces for people with walking disabilities right at the mill entrance.

Kinderen & gezin

Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

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Evenementen & zaalverhuur

• Ruimtes te huur
• Bruiloften / trouwceremonies

Civil weddings through the registry office of the Samtgemeinde Radolfshausen; the mill barn and the mill yard with its cottage garden are available for receptions.

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