Sohlener Mühle

Sohlener Mühle stands at the western end of Sohlen, a district of Magdeburg, beside the Sülze towards Dodendorf. A path follows the river. The surviving buildings form a four-sided courtyard with timber framing, brickwork and rubble stone, in the area called Froschgrund.

A deserted watermill stood here in 1370, beside the Slavic settlement of Kriwen. By 1380, the mill was known as Kryve. Archbishopric ownership followed, with an annual rent of two wispel of grain, roughly one tonne. Johann Heinrich Schade rebuilt the mill room and erected much of the present complex in 1785.

French troops occupied the mill during the Napoleonic Wars, before Russian forces compelled their withdrawal in 1813. Albert Borchert ended milling in 1926. The waterwheel remained functional until 1939 or 1940, while parts of the original overshot machinery still survive. Round-arched windows and an entrance door carry renewals from around the turn of the twenty-first century, and the protected monument retains its industrial and architectural character.