Bremsdorf Mill, Watermill in Schlaubetal, Germany

The Bremsdorf Mill is a watermill featuring traditional architecture and mechanical systems from the 18th century, located near Eisenhüttenstadt along the Schlaue river. The complex consists of several structures arranged in the typical layout of a working mill installation.

The mill was founded in 1520 as a grain mill and remained in the Stein family until 1688. By 1710, miller Martin Gyloff owed the Neuzelle monastery an annual rent of 12 bushels. In 1763, Johann Adam Gieloff became master craftsman and senior elder of the millers' guild. A fire in May 2022 destroyed the roof and about half of the interior.

The name Bremsdorf goes back to the Old Sorbian bron, meaning weapon or armour; the village was recorded as Bronesdorff in 1370, later as Brjemjow, and as Bemßdorff around 1673. In 1763 the millers of the Neuzelle abbey lands formed a guild, and Johann Adam Gieloff of Bremsdorf became its master craftsman and senior elder.

The mill stands on the B 246 between Dammendorf and Bremsdorf, about 14 km west of Eisenhüttenstadt. The Großer Treppelsee with its campsite and the Kleiner Treppelsee with its trout hatchery are a few hundred metres away. The youth hostel Grete Walter, opened in 1961, adjoins the former inn; the mill burned in May 2022 and about half of its interior collapsed.

Below the restaurant, the GDR built a modern trout fry facility with housing for its workers. From 1980, together with the Kieselwitz mill, it produced about 15% of East Germany's trout fry. The hatchery did not end in 1961: that year the Grete Walter youth hostel opened next door.