The witch from Boltenmühle

We pass through the Tetzensee, Zermützelsee and the Rottstielfließ.
At the end of the Tornowsee there is the Boltenmühle (7). The hotel and the restaurant used to be a cutting mill. Built in 1718 it used to cut logs and to grind cereals. The mill wheel is still driven by the wild and romantic Binenbach. There is a story about this mill in the heart of the Ruppiner Switzerland:

At midnight the companion saw a ghost. This ghost offered to show the companion a place where a treasure was hidden. The companion dismissed that offer but he told the miller what he had experienced. The miller wanted to go together to the treasure with the companion if the ghost should appear again. As the ghost showed up anew the companion told him about the miller’s wish. The ghost agreed. Miller and companion dug up the treasure and split it up equally. The miller’s wife disliked that. She beat the companion to death and hastily buried him in the forest. Shortly afterwards she died. As her coffin was carried past the Boltenmühle the dead woman was looking out of her window and she laughed clangorously. In the coffin there was only a broom. Coffin and broom were buried. From now on the mill was haunted. Finally, the miller succeeded in banning his wife into a bottle. Then he buried the bottle in one of the cloughs.

It’s only a stone-throw from Boltenmühle to Binenwalde. Here the legend of the beautiful Sabine awaits you. Go along the Binenbach and look out for Sabine’s monument in Binenbach. Have fun!