Britzer Mühle, Dutch windmill in Neukölln district, Germany
The Britzer Mühle is a twelve-sided windmill structure in Berlin-Neukölln with extended rotating blades and equipment for grinding grain into flour. The building stands at the edge of Britzer Garden and is surrounded by fruit trees.
The structure was built in the mid-1800s and initially used wind power to turn its grinding stones. During the 1900s it was converted to engine power to increase production efficiency.
The mill is named after Karl Albert August Stechhan, the second miller and owner, who bought it in 1874; it was long called the Stechhansche Mühle. Since 2017 the Verein Britzer Müllerei has run it as a working technical monument and continues the hobby-miller training begun by the Dutch miller Piet Leeuw in 1987.
Mill products are available for purchase on specific weekdays when the operation is open to visitors. It is worth checking the current opening times beforehand to ensure you find the shop in operation.
Inside, two separate stone grinding mechanisms sit side by side, showing how grain was processed into different grades. This dual setup allowed millers to produce multiple flour varieties at the same time.
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