Dammühle, Watermill in Wehrshausen, Germany.

Dammühle is a watermill near Marburg built from stone and featuring traditional mill characteristics. The building uses a water channel to generate power and shows how millers once processed grain.

Dammühle was first recorded in writing in 1380 but was destroyed in the Sternerkrieg. In 1521 Peter Moller of Wehrshausen received permission to rebuild and operate the mill a few hundred metres upstream of its original site. From 1710 the Becker family, still the owners today, appears in the land register.

The mill shows how important water power was to life in this region and how people refined their techniques across generations. Visitors can see how the structure fit into the landscape and what role it played in local daily life.

The mill stands on a 2-hectare site about 1 km southwest of Wehrshausen, bordering Kreisstraße 70 between the Peterswald to the north and the Große Lummersbach to the south. The valley floor is level, so walking and cycling paths from Wehrshausen and Marburg are the usual approach. The Kletterwald Marburg high-rope park is directly next door.

The mill wheel was restored and made operational again in 1997. Since 2015 a small chapel on the grounds has been used for church weddings, and the meadow in front of the main house once served as a launch and landing site for hot-air balloons.