Type: hike
Baden-Württemberg
Mill hiking trail Schwäbischer Wald
Welzheim
Kaisersbach
The historic mills of the Swabian Forest are an insider tip. Mills are among the oldest technical devices of mankind. Hardly anyone can escape their mysterious fascination. Their often idyllic, mostly lonely location has fired people’s imagination for centuries and given rise to stories about millers and mills.
The mill hiking trail (main trail) connects eleven of the most beautiful still preserved mills on a circular route. If the main hiking trail is too long for you, you can choose one of the 5 shorter circular hiking trails with lengths ranging from 10 to 18 km.
For the hiking trail, natural paths through woods and meadows away from noise and traffic have been chosen as far as possible. In this way, a hiking experience has been created which, on the way to romantic mills, at the same time offers the opportunity to experience nature and landscape in their original and varied form.
Such hiking on “nature trails” requires proper equipment, i.e. sturdy hiking boots and surefootedness.
Depending on the weather, some sections can be muddy, slippery and bumpy!
Klingenmühle
Klingenmühle 1, 73642 Welzheim, Germany
Open annually on Whit Monday on German Mill Day and on the first Sun. in Sept. after the summer vacations
Haghofer Ölmühle
Haghofer Ölmühle 4/1, 73553 Alfdorf, Germany
Hagmühle
Hagmühle 1, 73553 Alfdorf, Germany
Open annually on Whit Monday on German Mill Day and on the first Sun. in Sept. after the summer vacations
Meuschenmühle
Meuschenmühle 1, 73553 Alfdorf, Germany
Open annually on Whit Monday on German Mill Day and on the first Sun. in Sept. after the summer vacations and on request
Voggenbermühle
Voggenbergmühle 3, 73553 Alfdorf, Germany
Open annually Whit Monday on German Mill Day and the first Sun. in Sept. after the summer vacations and on request, Mill store | Monday – Friday: 9.00 – 12.30 and 14.00 – 18.00 o'clock, Saturday 9.00 – 14.00 o'clock
Hummelgautsche
L 1080 bei Hundsberg, 73553 Alfdorf, Germany
Open annually on Whit Monday on German Mill Day and on the first Sun. in Sept. after the summer vacations
Heinlesmühle
Heinlesmühle 1, 73553 Alfdorf, Germany
Open annually on Whit Monday on German Mill Day and on the first Sunday in Sept. after the summer vacations, sawmill open all year round
Hundsberger Sägmühle
Hundsberger Sägmühle 1, 74417 Gschwend, Germany
Open annually on Whit Monday on German Mill Day and on the first Sun. in Sept. after the summer vacations
Menzlesmühle
Menzlesmühle 1, 73667 Kaisersbach, Germany
Open annually on Whit Monday on German Mill Day and on the first Sun. in Sept. after the summer vacations
Brandhofer Öl- und Sägemühle
Brandhof 6, 74417 Gschwend, Germany
Open annually on Whit Monday on German Mill Day and on the first Sun. in Sept. after the summer vacations
Ebersberger Mühle
Ebersbergmühle 2, 73667 Kaisersbach, Germany
Open annually on Whit Monday on German Mill Day and on the first Sun. in Sept. after the summer vacations
Meuschenmühle
In the valley of the Eisenbach stands one of the oldest mills on the mill hiking trail – It was first mentioned in 1553 as the “Nibelgau Mill”. The half-timbered building has a water wheel with a diameter of 7 meters. With its mill equipment from around 1900, it is still fully functional with its millstones.
WebsiteHeinlesmühle
The Heinlesmühle, built in the 12th century, is a combined grinding and saw mill. The imposing half-timbered building is the only mill on the mill trail that still has two water wheels. The necessary water is brought in via a long mill canal from the Schwarze Rot.
WebsiteBrandhofer Öl- und Sägemühle
With its oat tamper, the Brandhofer oil and saw mill is the only one of its kind in the Swabian Forest and thus a showcase example of an “old German oil mill with mallet-wedge press”. In 1830, an oat tamper and an oil mill were installed.
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