Join the water journey in North Zealand
Experience Esrum Watermill, both on ordinary days and during the special mill days, when volunteers from the mill association open the sluice gates and bring the mill to life
A historic watermill
The monks were the first to utilize water as a resource in the area. They built a water mill that could work for them.
In the 1600s, when the monastery had been closed and the area had passed to the Crown, Chr. 4 redirected the river and moved the location of the mill to where it is today. This created a greater drop in the water and a much more efficient mill. Since then, the mill has been burned, rebuilt and remodeled a few times and has been used as a grain mill, sawmill and power station.
Are you interested in mills? If so, you can join the windmill club, which maintains and cares for the Esrum Watermill and volunteers at windmill events throughout the year.
Mill Days
During our mill days, you can learn a lot about the watermill when our volunteer millers start up the mill and share its history.
Watch the mill wheels spin and see the amazing machinery come to life when the water is allowed to flow through the turbine. A glass floor in the mill gives you an unobstructed view of the rushing water
The water in North Zealand
The water in the landscape around Esrum Kloster & Møllegård has had a major impact on the development of the area.
Esrum Lake, Denmark’s most water-rich lake, is located just 2 km south of the area. From here, Esrum Å flows into the landscape around Esrum Kloster & Møllegård, where there are streams, small ponds, ponds and wet meadows.
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