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The historic mill Seifermühle represents an important monument of rural small-scale milling.
In the village of Seifermühle near Forst, there is a single house with outbuildings. As the name suggests, it is a mill, first mentioned in documents in 1623. This building, which is under monument protection, was restored and renovated from 1987 to 1992. Around the turn of the century, Seifermühle also served for electricity generation, as a threshing machine operation, or for operating a long wood saw. For a long time, the watermill was the central point in the lives of the people in this area. For many years, the post station was also located here. Visually, the picturesque half-timbered ensemble with the naturally tended farmhouse garden and the mill pond has remained a well-regarded historical point in the landscape of the Holperbachtal and represents a valuable monument in the chain of rural supply. The half-timbered watermill includes a "high-shaft" waterwheel with two "grinding passages" for baking flour and animal feed flour, with a "gallows" for changing and sharpening the stones. In the past, stones made of basalt (from Mayen) or so-called "French stones" from Champagne were used. The still partially intact waterwheel (with an "ice house" for winter protection) has a diameter of 3.10 meters and a width of one meter.
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Seifermühle 157577 Forst
