For centuries, mills in the whole of Europe have been places where people of different origins come together.
In their diversity,
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At the beginning the Wassermühle Karoxbostel project was of limited local importance. The initiators were local people from neighbouring villages.
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In total € 488.100 of funds were raised and invested to restore the main building, the watermill, the sawmill, to reinstate
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The water mill Karoxbostel project shows how honorary members achieved to renovate a building applying high standards. Non-professionals are trained
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The monument ensemble Wassermühle Karoxbostel is a cultural historic jewel in the Hamburg metropolitan region. It consists of the main
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After his mother died in 1977, the last owner of the mill managed the farm until he passed away at
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Due to the extremely bad state of repair and to prevent the complete loss of the ensemble the restoration works had
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A huge amount of rubbish (one dozen containers) together with special waste and scrap had been disposed of.
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The cultural-historic jewel is open for all interested individuals and parties for collaborative work, sightseeing, cultural events, projects of nature and
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The Watermill is open all-the-year for visitors and visitor groups. It participates actively in the annual „German Mill Day”, „Monument Open
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The special historic significance is based on its uniqueness as a regional building monument. With the completion of the ensemble and
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Due to the careful restoration of the monument ensemble, the authenticity and historical values have been preserved to the greatest
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The historical rigins of the Karoxbostel Watermill, first documentarily mentioned in 1438, have been recorded in detail and very well.
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