Altkalen Windmill
Detlef Preuß The base-story Dutch-style windmill was built in 1913.
The sails turn, and the entire milling system is still intact; guided tours are available by appointment. Welcome to the only operational windmill in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, located along the Grain and Baking Experience Route. What is wind-ground flour? Where can we buy wind-ground flour? Here at the Altkalen Mill Farm, we regularly grind grain using wind power—just like in our grandparents’ day. Mill Farm Baking Days: Bread & Cakes from the Open-Air Oven
Altkalen Windmill – the last working windmill in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
The Altkalen Windmill is a unique testament to traditional craftsmanship in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Built in 1913, this so-called “base-story Dutch-style windmill” remains in operation to this day. As the only operational windmill in the entire state, the Altkalen Mill regularly grinds grain using wind power—just as was customary in our grandparents’ day. The fully preserved milling system makes the building an authentic technical monument.
Wind-ground flour, baking days, and the Grain and Baking Experience Route
The Altkalen Mill is located along the Grain and Baking Experience Trail and offers a lively glimpse into the mill tradition. Anyone wondering what wind-ground flour is and where to find it will find the answer right here on site. During the popular Mühlenhof Baking Days, bread and cakes are baked in an open-air oven. The mill’s sails still turn today, and guided tours of the facility are available by appointment.
Altkalen as a Destination on the Baltic Sea Coast
Altkalen is located in the heart of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, not far from the Baltic Sea coast and well-known destinations such as Rostock and the Fischland-Darß-Zingst Peninsula. The windmill is a great cultural stop on a tour of the north—away from the large tourist crowds, but with a genuine regional character.
Other attractions in Altkalen
Gallery Old Village Shop
● Altkalen
Grete Peschken's painting makes contact with the surrounding spaces; image and space become equally visible.
Painting and drawing in the Altkalen vicarage
● Altkalen
Painting-urban spaces and landscapes, new painterly experiments on body experience and music, plus fine, spontaneous pencil drawings from the last few months Fine, colored pencil drawings, spontaneously drawn from the experience of the environment, complete the portfolio of the Mecklenburg painter. You can also see Adrienne Györgyi's offerings in the Altkalen vicarage: dew-fresh from the garden! Clothes, fabrics, dolls and home decorations with fine screen-printed motifs. Opening hours: Jan.-Dec.: by appointment
Accommodations nearby
Vacation rentals, hotels, and more in the region
Old school Barlin
● Dargun
Experience two separate vacation resorts on 30,000 m2 in the middle of the untouched nature of the Mecklenburg Lake District. We offer children's vacations, vacation apartments & hunting vacations!
Old vicarage Rambow
● Rambow
Picking golden plums, Cox oranges and Jonathan from a hammock? Sounds like paradise and it is, because it's possible in the Rambow parish garden. Retired pastor Eckart Hübener invites guests to stay in the adjoining baroque half-timbered rectory.
Old Schwiessel Manor House
● Schwiessel
The old manor house is now run as a guesthouse and houses the hunting school.