Rahmer-Mühle, Historic mill in Sontheim, Germany

The Rahmer-Mühle was a two-story Rococo mill built in 1774 at Horkheimer Straße 67 in Sontheim, with a rusticated facade of five window axes and a mansard roof. It drew water from the Schozach; its canal, bridges, weir and the heraldic cartouches with lions and a mill wheel survive as protected monuments.

The Rococo mill was built in 1774 on the Horkheimer Straße in Sontheim, drawing its water from the Schozach. On 11 April 1945 artillery fire destroyed the two-story building with its mansard roof. The mill erected in 1949 is a new building; only the protected Rococo cartouches with heraldic lions, the mill-wheel symbol and the initials F. R. were moved to its gable.

The surviving Rococo cartouches on the gable of the 1949 mill show heraldic lions, a mill wheel and the initials F. R. for Friedrich Rahmer. The original mill, built in 1774, had a lion with a coat of arms above the front door and another with the year 1774 above a window. In the Alten Friedhof of Sontheim, the tomb of mill owner Albert Rahmer (1846–1897) is preserved.

The mill stood at Horkheimer Straße 67 in Sontheim; the 1774 building was destroyed on 11 April 1945, so what remains today is the mill canal with its bridges and weir plus the protected coat-of-arms stones on the gable of the 1949 mill. The remains are seen from the public street and canal path, not from inside.

The Rococo cartouches on the gable of the 1949 mill are the salvaged originals from the 1774 building: heraldic lions, a mill wheel and the initials F.R. for Friedrich Rahmer. They are protected as monuments, together with the mill canal, its bridges and the weir.