1182 |
The Benedictine monastery of Heiligenrode is founded by Count Friedrich of Mackenstedt; a watermill is mentioned in the foundation document. |
1502 |
Hermen Scroder is the first name of a miller shown in documents. |
1630 |
The Ducal Domain Chamber at Hannover takes over the monastery estates and the watermill. The local domain administrator installs a miller tenant or runs the mill himself. |
1750 |
The old house for the miller(and shepherd) of the monastery domain is built. |
1779 |
When the Domain Chamber realized that the mill could no longer be run without extensive repairs, the mill was given on hereditary lease to Dietrich Heinecke. |
1817 |
The bake house was built, for some time used as distillery, then again as bakery. |
1824 |
Johann Heinrich Steffens takes over the "Domain Hereditary Tenure Mill at Heiligenrode". |
1829 |
The miller's house is built. |
1839 |
The barn of the mill beyond the Klosterbach ("Monastery brook") is built. |
1843 |
The present watermill is built with 2 waterwheels. |
1872 |
In the payroll of the miller's wife a baker is mentioned for the first time; the bakery was in use until 1914. |
1909 |
The mill gets an annex for a steam locomobile. |
1911 |
The mill is the first "electrical power station" for 5 households in the centre of Heiligenrode. (After 1920 the regional power supply was installed, and the generator driven by the water-turbine produced electrical power for private use only.) |
1913 |
The locomobile is replaced by a benzol engine. |
1936 |
The second waterwheel was replaced by a water-turbine. |
1962 |
Friedrich Steffens being a pensioner retires from milling and leases the mill. |
1971 |
The last tenant no longer uses the mill, and the mill is closed down. |
1977 |
The community of Stuhr buys all the buildings of the "mill complex". |
1993 |
After several years of restoring the mill and having made it fully
operational the Fellowship of the Watermill hands over the 150-years-old
mill to the public. |
1995 |
A prize for remarkable adequate restoration work was received which was
conferred by the Lower Saxonian Savings Bank Foundation for the Protection
of Monuments. This prize was used to buy a "Little Mill" with a set of natural
grinding stones driven by electrical power and used for demonstration purposes. |