Erlebnishof Krabat-Mühle Schwarzkollm, Cultural center and watermill in Schwarzkollm, Germany.
Erlebnishof Krabat-Mühle Schwarzkollm is a cultural center and watermill in the Sorbian Lausitz region that combines a working water mill with exhibition spaces and craft workshops. The site features traditional architecture and allows visitors to watch old milling techniques in operation.
The original Schwarze Mühle, the Brösing-Mühle near today's site, burned down completely in 1868; its successor mill closed in 1972 and was converted to housing, leaving only a private barn. From 2005 the association Krabatmühle-Schwarzkollm e. V. drove the rebuild: the foundation stone for the servants' house was laid on 10 July 2006, and on 19 May 2009 work began on the Schwarze Mühle, whose core is a listed barn moved from Dubring.
The center showcases Sorbian traditions through performances and exhibitions that visitors can experience directly. You see traditional crafts and learn how this culture is practiced in daily life.
The site lies at Koselbruch 22 in Schwarzkollm, with a car park and toilets on the grounds. A 450-metre adventure trail in the "Zauberwald" to the south presents key scenes of the Krabat legend on information boards. The mill takes part in the annual German Mill Day on Whit Monday.
The mill building is a protected barn moved from Dubring and rebuilt here in 2009; its mill tower displays equipment for grain, buckwheat groats, linseed oil and millet milling. Original props from the film "Krabat" are kept in the buildings.
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