The best traffic-free bike rides around Mittelangeln

Annoying barriers and stone slabs, asphalt would be better.

A beautiful farm in a magnificent landscape of heaths and moors. Countless sheep, as well as donkeys, welcome visitors.

This incline and the one curve that could be interpreted as a serpentine immediately give you that Alpine feeling 😄

Frörup has an old water-powered mill, driven by the Treene River and used for grinding grain. It was probably established in the 13th century. Later, the mill belonged to the Cistercian monastery of Rüde. The abbot there ceded the mill to the King of Denmark in 1543. Today, the mill is privately owned, and the waterwheel is used only for generating electricity. Unfortunately, visits are not possible. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%B6rup

A large number of smaller and larger areas in the Upper Treene landscape, such as heaths, dry grasslands, moors and renaturalized gravel pits, are grazed all year round by a herd of wandering sheep. The animals ensure that the areas are not overgrown by young trees. This preserves locations for rare plants that need light. Unlike with paddock farming, specific characteristics and requirements of the pastures can be taken into account in a very targeted manner. The herd consists of over 200 white horned Heidschnucken, goats and a donkey. The herd spends most of the nights and the lambing season in the sheep pen. This protects the animals from the weather and the nutrients in the droppings do not get into the soil and groundwater. The Schrobach Foundation had the 1,000 square meter sheep pen built on the southwest edge of the Fröruper Mountains especially for this purpose.

Tiptop to drive 👌 Great fun factor 🤩 beautiful place

Aunt Anne has closed the business.

A brass plate discovered at the mill, bearing the date 13??, suggests it was built around that time. The Rudekloster monastery in Glücksburg, founded in 1210, is considered the likely builder. At that time, monasteries were heavily involved in the construction of mills. With the increasing influence of the Reformation, the monasteries in Schleswig-Holstein also lost their dominant position. In 1543, the mill became the property of King Christian III of Denmark. Until 1854, a compulsory milling system was in place. For the residents of Frörup, this meant that all royal subjects of the six parishes—Oeversee, Großsolt, Kleinsolt, Sieverstedt, Eggebek, and Jörl—were obligated to have their grain milled only at the Frörup compulsory mill. During the period of compulsory milling, the mill operated as a hereditary leasehold. The mill was subject to compulsory milling until 1854. On December 2, 1812, the mill burned to the ground. It was rebuilt in 1814. In 1854, the compulsory milling system was abolished. The tenant now had to find his own customers. He seems to have lost much of his enthusiasm for the mill after this time. In 1864, he sold it. The next owner, together with a baker, tried to find new ways of managing the mill. A large bakery was established next to the mill in 1870. Bread was baked in two enormous ovens and transported in bread wagons to Flensburg and the surrounding villages early each morning. The bread was even delivered by rail as far as Husum and Tönning. After a change of ownership in 1882, the bakery ceased operations. The mill burned down completely a second time in 1887 and was rebuilt in the form it still stands today. It should also be noted that the mill operated a generator to supply the buildings with electricity. The mill was therefore the only house in the village to be electrified even before the Schleswag power company began supplying electricity in 1921. Over the years, various changes were made to the mill. Technological advancements led to the replacement of the old waterwheel with a water turbine in 1958. In 1975, the last miller in Frörup, Andreas Hansen, ceased milling operations.