History
The Höllenmühle was built by Cordt Buhre around 1760 on the Höllenbach with an overturned water wheel.
It operated as a watermill until 1922. In 1929 the millhouse was converted into a guesthouse. Today is is a holiday home. The first "summer visitors" came from Hamburg, Bremen and Dortmund. A page of the old guests’ book can be found hereafter.
Old mill with water wheel and waterfall
Guests at the mill pond
Excerpt from the guest book from 1929
Guests and landlords in front of the main house (to the right of the current holiday home)
Unique location in the Süntel - natural monuments right outside the door
The water of the Langenfeld waterfall plunges 15 meters down into the Höllental. It is a natural rock barrier that forms an impressive head of the valley and thus also the highest natural waterfall in Lower Saxony. It lies at an altitude of 298 m above sea level. The waterfalls in the Harz Mountains, on the other hand, were created by human hands. The Langenfeld waterfalls are one of the highlights of the Hohenstein region in the Süntel. Between the Hohen Egge, the main summit of the Süntel, and the chain of the Weser Mountains that adjoins it to the west, the fields and meadows of the Dachtelfeld plateau extend down to the Weser valley in a steep stratum broken up by winding valleys.
Largest natural waterfall in Lower Saxony.
The icy waterfall - a natural spectacle
Our small waterfall - a stone's throw away.
In 1992 Hartmut Brepohl discovered a stalactite cave during blasting work in the Riesenberg quarry. It is the northernmost karst cave in limestone. Over the years, it was expanded into a show cave and opened to visitors in August 2004 after a glass elevator had been completed. In the first three years, over 100,000 visitors were counted who were enthusiastic about the Langenfeld underworld. A highlight of the tours is the slide show about the nature reserve Riesenberghöhle. A visit is highly recommended. The Riesenberghöhle was discovered in 1969 by Bodo Schillat. It is 980 meters long and of enchanting beauty.
The Schillat Cave fascinates young and old.
The rocky cliffs of the Schrabstein fall steeply to the bottom of the snow. It forms the southeast corner of the Iberg and is 300 meters high. The Iberg, whose name once refers to a vegetation with yew trees (Eibenberg), now has beeches and larches. The Schrabstein can be described as the little brother of the Hohenstein. From the protruding rock you have an excellent view of the Amelungsberg and the snow ground.
The snow grounds with Schrabstein.
The Süntel extends from northwest to southeast as a continuation of the Weser Mountains and is surrounded by the Auetal, the Deister-Sünteltal and the Weser valley. It belongs to the Weserbergland Schaumburg-Hameln nature park. The Hohenstein with its immediate surroundings is a nature reserve. It is 341 meters above sea level. The highest point in the Süntel, however, is the Hohe Egge with the Süntelturm 437 meters above sea level.
The southeastern part of the Süntel with the Hohe Egge consists mainly of Wealden sandstone from the Lower Cretaceous with little bituminous coal deposits. The north-western part with the Hohenstein and its 50-meter sloping rock faces consists of limestone from the Upper Jurassic, the coral oolite. These rock formations were created by landslides, mountain tears and landslides.
The Hohenstein is an old Germanic cult site that was dedicated to the god Donar. Numerous old legends entwine around its rocky outcrops, the Green Altar, the Devil's Pulpit and the Hirschsprung. The steep walls belong to the special plant locations.
The Hohenstein - a place of worship of the Saxons
Lifestock in front of the Hohenstein.
