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title: "Windmühle \"Caroline\" - Historische OsteDeichroute"
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description: "Alongside the church, the windmill is Hechthausen's landmark. It was also the site of a centuries-old and important ferry connection across the Oste from Ritzebüttel to Harburg.It has a rotating cap, based on the Dutch model, which allowed its blades to be turned into the wind.Its operation was discontinued in the 1960s. The grinder is still in place, but no longer functional.The mill can only be viewed from the outside."
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Windmühle "Caroline" - Historische OsteDeichroute
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- Historical building
- Cultural experience/educational trail
- Windmill
- Information point

Mühle Caroline Hechthausen

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Windmill "Caroline" - Historic OsteDeichroute

 Alongside the church, the windmill is Hechthausen's landmark. It was also the site of a centuries-old and important ferry connection across the Oste from Ritzebüttel to Harburg.
It has a rotating cap, based on the Dutch model, which allowed its blades to be turned into the wind.
Its operation was discontinued in the 1960s. The grinder is still in place, but no longer functional.
The mill can only be viewed from the outside.

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Eligibility

- for Groups
- for Class
- for familys
- for individual guests
- Pet allowed
- Suitable for the Elderly

Payment methods

free of charge

Directions & Parking facilities

In Hechthausen biegen Sie von der B73 aus Richtung Hamburg kommend, rechts in die Mühlenstraße, aus Richtung Cuxhaven kommend, links in die Mühlenstraße ab. 
Am Ende befindet sich die Mühle Caroline.

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Contact person

Tourist Info Hemmoor**Frau Witt / Frau Lein**

Rathausplatz 3

21745 Hemmoor

Author

Tourist Info HemmoorRathausplatz 3

21745 Hemmoor

Organization

Cuxland-Tourismus

License (master data)

C. Lein/Tourist Info Hemmoor

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Contact

Mühlenstraße

21755 Hechthausen