Burgmühle Delmenhorst, Historical watermill in Delmenhorst, Germany

The Burgmühle sits in Graft Park along the Delme river, displaying classic red brick architecture that rises two stories. The restored building now houses a wine shop, restaurant, and café.

A first watermill is thought to have been built around 1247, when Burg Delmenhorst was raised as a moated castle; the mill itself is only documented in 1429. In 1538 it burned with more than a hundred other houses during Count Christoph of Oldenburg's attack on Delmenhorst. Rebuilt on the old foundations with stone from Kloster Hude, partly demolished in 1536, it was leased to the town from 1692 to 1712 and later stood empty after the Renaissance castle, demolished in 1787, no longer had water around it.

The mill's name Rote Mühle comes from the red clinker brick of its two-storey buildings. Its millers were salaried officials of the counts, and from 1692 to 1712 the mill was leased to the town. Today a wine merchant uses one mill building, while the Graftspeicher at No. 1A holds the Graft Werk restaurant and café.

The mill stands at Mühlendamm 1 and 1a on the Delme, in Graft Park near the castle island; the ensemble of mill, Kolk, miller's house, weir and store is a listed monument group. The two-storey Graft store at No. 1A holds the Restaurant and Café Graft Werk, while another mill building is used by a wine merchant.

The red brick of the two-storey buildings gave the mill its nickname Rote Mühle. The site is a protected ensemble: mill, Kolk, miller's house, weir and granary are listed together as Baudenkmalgruppe. The Graftspeicher at Mühlendamm 1a now holds the Graft Werk restaurant and café.