Watermill location
The watermill Lage is a watermill on the Dinkel in the municipality of Lage in Lower Saxony.
The watermill was first mentioned in a document in 1270, and a garnishment contract from 1377 also mentions a mill in Lage an der Dinkel . However, it was not until around 200 years later that the then King of Spain, Philip II , as ruler of the Netherlands, granted permission to build a mill on the Dinkel, presumably it was a reconstruction or an extension of the existing mill, that's exactly but not known.
The mill has had its present appearance since the late 17th century. Characteristic are the two undershot water wheels , from which a grain and an oil grinding process are driven. In the early years of the 20th century, the electricity for supplying the site was also generated in the mill. After the First World War , the oil mill was shut down. The grain mill was in operation until 1957, although from 1931 it was no longer powered by water power, but by a diesel engine. After the death of the last miller , the mill stood empty.
When the building threatened to fall into disrepair, the most necessary security work began in 1962. Ten years later, the county of Bentheim finally initiated a comprehensive external restoration of the mill, which again received both water wheels, as well as the dismantling of the spelled , which was expanded in the 1930s, and the restoration of the weir to improve the water conditions. In the years up to 1976, the mill technology was also repaired so that the mill can now be demonstrated in operation on selected days. After the restoration, a tea room was set up in the former miller's apartment.
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Coordinates: 52 ° 28 ′ 14 " N , 6 ° 57 ′ 45" E