Mühlenmuseum Hiesfeld, Mill museum in Dinslaken, Germany
The Mühlenmuseum Hiesfeld consists of two mills: a water mill on the Rotbach with a half-timbered house from 1693 and a brick main building from around 1900, and a tower windmill on Sterkrader Straße built in 1822 as a grain and tan mill. The water mill complex includes a small baking house in the mill yard.
The water mill was connected to the Haus Hiesfeld estate and served local farmers from the 14th century onward. Operations stopped in 1924, but the structure was later preserved and converted into a museum.
The collection displays more than 60 dioramas showing different mill types from various regions, revealing how mills looked and operated in earlier times. Through these detailed miniature scenes, visitors can understand the important role mills played in people's daily life.
The water mill museum opens Sundays 10:00–12:30. The tower windmill opens the first Saturday of each month from May to September. The windmill's operation depends heavily on weather, and larger repairs are currently pending. The mill yard's baking house is used only on special occasions.
The museum regularly hosts traditional bread-baking days where visitors can watch bread being made using historic methods in the old baking house. These special occasions demonstrate how directly mill products connected to people's daily sustenance.
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