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Hello lovely people,
we are a bunch of people of different ages, partly living and mostly working together on 3 hectares of beautiful northern German countryside. Our property, which used to be a working water mill, is now a guest house for groups of up to 120 people from all over the world (mostly Germans though). We have a large garden and several animals that are really important to us, including three horses, cats, ducks, chickens, a dog and a wild boar.
The Mill is a convention centre open for all kinds of groups and we also organise a number of workshops ourselves, mostly centred around Irish folk dancing and folk music. If you're interested in one of our workshops you usually can join in and experience a variety of dance and music styles. We have three pianos, an e-piano, a harp and a few working guitars that are always glad to get some love - feel free to bring your own instrument as well!
We're happy to show you around the area and take you on outings with the team occasionally or play games on some nights but please be prepared to entertain yourself as well as we are often occupied by our guests, who are always interested in our helpers, so feel free to get chat with them :)
Sara or Claudia will answer your emails.
A bit about the history of the Mill:
The Mill was taken over in December 1993 by three young people, Robert, Kerstin and Heike. Along with the help of their friends and families, the three of them did an amazing job of renovating, creating, building and experimenting to turn this old house into the beautiful place it is today.
Many guests - some of them friends from their time at uni - keep returning to enjoy a break from day-to-day life.
In 2007, the team bought a second guest house nearby, which Robert left to manage by himself following Kerstin's death in 2011. Heike then ran the Mill alone, supported by the best kitchen and cleaning staff you can possibly imagine as well as a rotating cast of Workawayers and friends.
In January 2021 - after returning as a helper since 2016 - Sara joined the team for good.
Just after beginning to host groups again after the pandemic in 2021, with life, music and activity returning to the Mill, Heike had a fatal accident. Heike's sister Claudia left her old life as a vet behind and took the business over.
In summer 2023 Konstanze joined the Mill-team and moved in with her two daughters.
The latest addition of people living at the Mill is our new colleague Torsten who moved here about a year ago.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
Pratique d’une langue
Jardinage
Bricolage et construction
S’occuper des animaux
Aide à la maison
Entretien général
Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre
Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
We speak fluent German and enjoy helping you improve and practise your German!
You can learn new skills like sewing, repairing things, gardening, as well as making jam (although that´s depending on the season.)
You are welcome to take part in our weekly Scottish dancing classes or to join in Irish music and folk dance workshops organised by the house.Aide
We do not ask for help with the business as we do have competent regular staff looking after our paying guests. Please note that, due to the nature of our business, your helping hours will be flexible and will change according to the situation but we do try to plan ahead and schedule your free days too.
As we are very busy with the guests and office work, as well as organising courses, we can use help on the property. Tasks include gardening, fruit picking, general handyperson projects, sewing and maintaining/repairing our collection of bicycles.
We are specifically looking for helpers who are experienced in working with horses so they can take over looking after them on a few days per week - mucking out, feeding and taking them to the field.
A daily task at the moment is to take care of our ponds and cleaning around them. Another job would be continuing to build a wild hedge out of twigs and branches, cutting ivy and wine back around the windows and perhaps cutting trees and bushes back, removing weed in between the cobblestone paths and keep the electric fences around the horse fields free from plants growing in as well as removing leaves everyhwere around the property.
Most of the time you'll work independently but at least one of us will always be around if you have any questions or need help.
We're happy to hear your ideas, tips and thoughts for improvement and are always open to new perspectives.Langues
Langues parlées
Allemand: Courant
Anglais: CourantCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
We are a multi-lingual team with one person who can translate between German and French and all of us with basic English knowledge. Please bring some patience along - not everyone living here is fluent both in English and German and it can take its time to communicate. We welcome helpers fluent in English, German, or both.Hébergement
A shared or single room with a shared bathroom.
Autres infos...
We're located in a rural area - our next-door neighbours are two kilometres away! - about 2 hours drive from Hamburg, Bremen, Hannover and Magdeburg. You can also reach Berlin by train in 2.5 hours. The closest town with a small supermarket and a garage is a 15-minute bike ride away, the next slightly larger town about 30 minutes away.
Due to the current situation, you will spend time on your own as there isn´t always someone around to keep you entertained. But our guests are usually very interested in getting to know our helpers.
We're happy to provide lifts to different cities when one of us is heading out anyway and can occassionally give you a lift to the closest train station (5 kms away) if you want to explore the region. We also have bikes that you can borrow and the beautiful nature trails in the surrounding area invites short walks and longer hikes. Our friendly rescue dog Benni may accompany you if you want a furry companion on your walks.
If you have riding experience, we have three ridable horses who are always happy to get some exercise so you´re welcome tp join Claudia when she´s going for a ride.
When we have groups there´s always plenty of delicious food around. For the more quiet times we provide all the basic food, occassionally we´ll meet for cooking together but that won´t happen every day.
Please note that we don´t accept helpers who are consuming any kind of drugs or drink alcohol on a daily basis.Informations complémentaires
Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Espace pour garer des vans
We have lots of space and electricity and facilities are available.
Possibilité d'accueillir les animaux
As we have a dog and several cats, as well as the occasional visiting dog from a guest, please let us know if you´re thinking about bringing your pet along.
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After a week Sarah´s friend Yuna joined in and gave us a hand with everything that needed doing too.
Both came in with a very positive attitude, a big smile and open hearts - always up for a little chat and sitting together. They… read more
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After a week Sarah´s friend Yuna joined in and gave us a hand with everything that needed doing too.
Both came in with a very positive attitude, a big smile and open hearts - always up for a little chat and sitting together. They… read more
Being comfortable around our horses from the very beginning, Alys was a huge… read more
Luciana came in with a huge smile and a warm heart, being a flexible and handy woman in any aspect we needed help with - Luciana took care of our animals, helped preparing meals and looked after us when the flu caught half of the Mill´s inhabitants (and herself), painted one of our rooms almost by herself in a record time… read more
I discovered the place through a friend, and therefore had good expectations about it all. My days there surpassed what I expected. I was warmly welcomed by Claudia and her family...With warm hearting smiles they took me in: sharing meals, experience, culture and lots of very good laughs. They were… read more
Bryant came in with a curious mind, always ready to learn more about Germany and its history, bringing a wide knowledge… read more
With 110 guests around on the first weekend Luca jumped in and helped with the horses right away, enjoying her free time socialising with the group and team members.
Never hesitating to take over a task, using her own brain when… read more
His warm personality made it easy to get in contact, always up for a chat and getting along with all the animals, taking care of some more complicated tasks and wood works.
Always ready for a small adventure Sebastian joined going for… read more
I stayed for almost 2 week's! in this beautiful place, helping and learning about this amazing place, it's incredible the love and the dedications behind the beautifull seminar!
I met incredible people and the most lovely persons in Germany (tilo - Claudia - helga and Sarah! and of course Denis!) among many others they… read more
Getting along well with the other helpers and team members, Audrey took over looking after the horses, giving a hand wherever needed, taking care of the ponds, helped removing… read more
As… read more
Gertrud has a lovely personality, is always in a good mood and… read more
Mir war nie klar wieviel verschiedene Arten von Arbeit man hier erledigen… read more
Es gibt fortwährend was zu tun, von für die Pferde, Katzen und dem Wildschwein da sein, bis zu Teiche abfließen lassen, Stoffbezüge für Lampen nähen etc.
Wir waren rundum versorgt. Konnten dreimal am Tag köstliche Speisen, vom Küchenteam, genießen und hatten unsere eigene kleine Hütte,… read more
He was very interested in exploring the nature and surroundings as well as everything regarding the Mill and it´s guests as well as the business.
Tom was always ready to offer a… read more
Proitze is quite remote in the north of Germany with nice villages nearby. The old border between western and eastern Germany is close by. You… read more
Magnus came in smiling and open hearted, ready to fully dive into this experience. With his curious mind and wide interests it was always easy to find something to talk about. Very willing to get his hands on any job he wasn´t shy to ask if anything… read more
She swept away the leaves all around the Mill and helped with preparing the flower beds for spring time. Coco is very open and interested in music and other people and easily got in contact with other helpers and guests.
She… read more
The… read more
He came in with his pragmatism, hands-on-attitude and solution-orientated way of thinking. We barely remember a minute where he just sat around (unless soccer was on ;)) as he kept himself busy the whole time,… read more
Jeritza´s and Daniela´s warm smiles lightened up the grey autumn days and their easy-going approach towards any (even rather boring) task made hosting the two a real pleasant experience.
Jeritza and Daniela removed all the leaves over and over again… read more
All the staff is very nice and we felt very much welcomed.
The volunteer work is very dynamic, fun and interesting, our mean job was to help around with the animals, chicken, ducks, cats and horses. And how can we forget about the leafs picking hahah
We recommeded it 100%!… read more
He is an independent worker who completes his tasks… read more
The food was top notch and I had a very cosy room.
Heike is one of those few hosts that take the concept of Workaway very seriously.
She took us to many interesting places like the small traditional villages in the surroundings.
Her project is pretty unique and remote, perfect for people that… read more
He eagerly embraced every task and completed it responsibly and well. He worked hard even in hot weather, on his own or in company, in the house or outside; like attacking the nettles with a a scythe, clearing the dramatically encroaching brambles, unloading and stacking hay, renewing our… read more
All the animals were adorable even you Maggie ;)
And i loved to work with them everyday my routine with the animals to take care of and after that some other small tasks like gardening (weeding, planting, wateringue, etc...)
It Was not difficult and i enjoyed doing it .
The family was very welcoming and super… read more
Heike always cared about how much we worked and how much free time we had. We had quite some free time, so we were… read more
The surroundings, sounds and human beings...wonderful. The birds, the cats and horses curious and funny all day long.
The work was a pleasure, even in kitchen and laundry..because of such a nice welcoming and enthusiastic staff, people from… read more
The host, Heike, is a wonderful and kind woman. She helped us with our German, always made sure we had enough to eat, and was just a great person to spend time with. The work was fair and enjoyable including apple picking and taking care of the adorable furry friends. We also were lucky… read more
Thanks a lot to Heike and her mum.
Thank you for such a wonderful couple of weeks. The place was so friendly and welcoming from the start and made me comfortable practising my (limited!) german. Although I didn't say much it certainly helped my confidence a lot and I really enjoyed reading aloud about snow white and the seven dwarfs.
The work was really varied and I… read more
They were always friendly and cheerful and good company, with many a joke cracked and ready to put a hand in. They got along well with everybody in the mill, guests and helpers alike, and I can recommend them as helpers to any host.
Thank you and a lot of great… read more
He tackled every task with a good mood which was infectious, saw what needed doing and did very diverse things as repairing my bikes or carrying the heavy shopping or tirelessly weeding my driveway under the hot sun without glancing at the… read more
This was my first Workaway. Despite my lack of experience and limited availability, Heike was happy to accept me. She was also very encouraging and thankful for every task I did, which ranged from gardening to… read more
We really enjoyed our time here, we did some walks and bike… read more
I am very sorry somehow I did not write the review for you earlier - shame on me!
Maike came to the mill in January, when only a few days after her arrival I had an accident which forced me to stay in hospital. She was all of a sudden left on her own in the house, having to replace me in taking care of all the animals and helping… read more
Sara is a wonderful person and proved to be the perfect addition to our team. She immersed herself immediately into everything and undertook very efficiently every task that was mentioned, and many she noticed herself. She is very responsible, understanding the priorities and was an invaluable help in all… read more
I stayed for three weeks with Heike, Sally, the most welcoming crew I´ve ever met and the funny bunch of animals- and I miss all of them!
The mill felt like home from the first day on and all welcomed me with a warm smile. The help is (in my opinion) quite easy- some gardening, dishwashing, mucking out stables and a bit of… read more
He got along well with all our animals, the staff… read more
Having spent the month of July here, I can safely say that the entire staff are genuinely some of the niciest people I have ever met. As someone who… read more
I felt welcome and appreciated from day one. Heike always thanked me for my work no matter how the… read more
She helped in the garden with weeding or picking fruit as well as in the house, with doing the dishes or cleaning the rooms, always ready… read more
She was always ready to help without regard to the hours she had already… read more
I was thoroughly fulfilled in my time with this host- mentally, physically and spiritually. The location is very serene and silent. Heike, Sally and Jutta were very warm, down-to-earth, and helped me feel like… read more
Her mosaics are just great and it is fun watching her doing them; but she was always ready to give a hand in… read more
We enjoyed having Jillian and Des as helpers so much that we almost did not let them leave! At least that was the serious suggestion of the rest of the staff ...
They enthusiastically involved themselves with everything around here, always asked what needed to be done and proceeded with it.… read more
They enthusiastically involved themselves with everything around here, saw what needed to be done and proceeded with it.
Their tasks included harvesting and processing of garden… read more
If you choose this destination you will never, I mean never, regret the choice you made!
This was my first Workaway experience and I can honestly describe it as being truly amazing! I really enjoyed my stay at the Seminar House!
Accomodation: I have decided to stay in the gipsy caravan even though I was offered from the… read more
Her keen… read more
Accommodation was outstanding, the food incredible, and Heike, Jutta and Sally were such good company! I mainly… read more
Her English is perfect and her already good German improved very fast during her stay… read more
She always cheerfully put in a helping hand, no matter what job needed to be done.
I hope she will find the way back here some time!
In the meantime I wish her good hosts and a great time.
Hours didn´t count and all the while she was busy improving and making use of her very proficient German - impressing everybody with her zeal.
She was alwas open for new experiences, like riding… read more
I have just come back from a wonderful week in Schnega, and would like to say a huge thank you for what was easily one of the best Help X experiences I have ever… read more
He was very willing to give everything a go, be it work or or pastime.
The staff were always curious to taste the great healthy food he used to cook for himself and the others!
I wish you will find for yourself the perfectly… read more
I stayed for 5 weeks and it was a really beautiful staying. Heike and the staff of the Muehle are all warm and nice people, always ready to help and take care of you. I did various works, mainly in the garden and about the care of the houses; there's usually guests, events and other volonteer as well. the areas around… read more
He was never to good for any job, always willing and motivated and working much more hours than we asked him to! It was fun teaching him speak… read more
I was fortunate to come at a time when I was able to assist Heike and the kitchen brigade for the feeding of a massive party of around 2/300 guests for one of the 2 weekends I was there. The buzz of such a busy kitchen with the very friendly team was thoroughly enjoyable, it was a joy to… read more