Attractions and Places To See in Schöbendorfer Busch - Top 10

The residential area Horstmühle appeared for the first time in the Schmettauschen maps in the years 1778 and 1786 with a water mill that belonged to the Baruth estate. The local register from 1858 lists a residential building and two outbuildings for the dwelling place, including a water-powered flour mill. The name Horstmühle appeared for the first time in 1861. Ten years later it consisted of the mill establishment with a residential building. In the second half of the 18th century, a main building was built, which was equipped with several tiled stoves around 1850. Various doors and banisters were altered in the early 20th century. Around 1900, a farm building and an ice cellar were added. In 1929 the residential area came to the community of Lynow. The property was used until the 1980s. In 1950, the building housed a hiking and tourism station of the Committee for Tourism and Hiking, which was managed from Luckenwalde. The building has been derelict since the 1980s. The mill building no longer exists in the 21st century. The main house, a farm building and an ice cellar are listed buildings. A support association has been committed to its preservation since 2007 and the ensemble opens the building on selected days, for example on the day of the open monument. In 2009/2010, work was carried out to secure the stable roof, and in 2011 construction of a rest hut began, which was completed in 2012. A hiker's hut was built in 2015. Further renovation was hampered by legal disputes between the Solms-Baruth princely family and the city. Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horstm%C3%BChle_(Baruth/Mark)

The residential area is located in the Baruth glacial valley to the west of the city center and north of the district of Schöbendorf. The Schöbendorfer Busch nature reserve borders to the north of the residential area, to the east of the other district of Paplitz and to the west of Lynow, a district of the municipality of Nuthe-Urstromtal. The Horstgraben, which drains agricultural areas, flows through the residential area in an east-west direction. To the east is the Paplitzer Müllergraben in a south-north direction, which drains into the Paplitzer Graben and finally into the Hammerfliess at the level of the residential area. The living space was created when the Baruth rulers of Solms had a house built for the forest workers on the site. In 1950 the residential area appeared to belong to the municipality of Schöbendorf. In 1983 the Bombachhaus base of the LPG Schöbendorf-Paplitz was located there. The place of residence was incorporated into Baruth/Mark along with Schöbendorf on December 31, 2001. The building is used by an architectural office in the 21st century. Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombachhaus

Melt (Horstwalde) Around 1750, Count F. G. Heinrich of Baruth established an ironworks to the west of Neuhof (from 1939 Horstwalde) to mine bog iron. In addition, potassium carbonate was produced, which was needed for the production of glass, soap and soda. Around 1758 there was also an iron smelter, with which the bog iron ore could be processed on site. It was made of brick set into the swampy ground on wooden stilts. The bellows were driven by the flow of the hammer flow. There was a blast furnace, a workshop, a furnace house, a water wheel, a coal shed, a locksmith's workshop, a stamp mill and a residential building. Among other things, the bells for Schöbendorf and Horstwalde were produced in the melt. The need for wood in 1765 was 30 fathoms, which was felled by 24 cottagers on so-called wood days. These were Tuesdays and Thursdays when work had to be done in the forest from eight o'clock until sunset. The first documented mention was in the years 1778/1786 as Hoh Ofen. However, the bog iron stone proved to be not very productive, so that the operation was stopped around 1800 and the plants were dismantled except for the residential buildings. In 1837 three buildings were reported. The name of the place changed in 1854 as Hohenofen or the smelter near Neuhof. In 1871 four people lived in Schmelze. Two years later, the settlement appeared as a forestry establishment Schmelze, in which 36 people were already living in 1885. In 1895 the establishment consisted of two houses with 32 people; in 1905 there were 30, in 1925 only 13 people. The forest establishment came to the rural community of Neuhof in 1929 and was a residential area for Horstwalde from 1957. The remaining residential building burned down and was demolished after 1948. In 2023, only a few cinder blocks and fruit trees are reminiscent of the settlement. The Horstwalde village community has erected a shelter with an information board at the site to commemorate the historic site. Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmelze_(Horstwalde)

From here you can go in 3 directions. Across the Hammerfliess to Horstmühle and Lynow, east across fields to Horstwalde or west through the magnificent Eichenbruch to Schönefeld.

The path between Schönefeld and Horstwalde leads about 1 km through a magnificent oak quarry. You can't get enough of looking and letting your mind wander.

great new refuge on a historic site of the former smelter, with information board

lovingly renovated by a development association with seating - ideal for a break

Quiet country road L707 between Paplitz and Horstwalde. Good asphalt