Walkmühle, Cultural center and artist studios in Wiesbaden, Germany

Walkmühle is a complex of buildings along Kesselbach stream in northeastern Wiesbaden, with structures that originally served brewing purposes. Today the ensemble houses artist studios, cafes, exhibition spaces, and small businesses.

The building was erected in 1737 as an orphanage with workshops, serving to train orphans in trades. In 1867 it transformed into a brewery, with extensive cellars that remain visible today.

The site is run by the non-profit Künstlerverein Walkmühle, formed in 2005 when the groups Walkmühle and Kunst+Raum Wiesbaden merged. It organises exhibitions and events in the former brewery buildings, and in 2011 received the city of Wiesbaden's prize for the promotion of cultural life.

The grounds sit on Bornhofenweg in the Nordost district, in the Kesselbach valley below the Albrecht-Dürer-Anlage and the Kreuzkirche. Renovation of the industrial monument, estimated at 12 million euros, was completed in April 2022, so the buildings and outdoor areas are walkable again. Parts of the site are being built over with owner-occupied flats to help finance the work, so expect construction activity.

The site was occupied in the mid-1980s by artists and tradespeople with the city's tolerance, who set up flats and studios at their own expense. When Wiesbaden wanted to sell the property in the mid-1990s, no buyer was found because of suspected soil contamination. The artists founded the Verein Walkmühle, cleared the grounds and secured its listing as a cultural monument.