Our history

The mill by the pond has belonged to the Wendt family since 1871. Grain has not been milled here for a long time, but cooking has been going on for more than a hundred years.

Reeds on the shore in the morning mist, backlit by the sun
The mill pond behind the beer garden on an autumn morning. Until 1958, its water powered the millworks.

Five generations in six chapters

  1. 1871

    A journeyman miller buys the mill

    Wilhelm Wendt, a journeyman miller from Beeskow, buys the watermill at the Feldhausen pond at auction. He mills rye for farmers from four villages. Anyone waiting for their flour is offered a beer in the miller’s parlor.

    Old fieldstone watermill with a tiled roof, wooden flume and water wheel
    A mill of this type. No photos from Wilhelm’s time have survived.

  2. 1903

    Two tables in the miller’s parlor

    Auguste Wendt, Wilhelm’s daughter-in-law, sets up two tables and cooks for the carters. On Sundays, day-trippers arrive by bicycle from Storkow. In 1905, the municipality grants her a license to serve alcohol.

    Black-and-white photo of an old parlor with wooden floorboards, table, chairs and fireplace
    Today, the miller’s parlor is the small room to the left of the bar.

  3. 1958

    The millworks fall silent, the function room is added

    The mill is no longer profitable. Grete Wendt, Auguste’s daughter, has the milling room cleared out and turns it into a function room for weddings and club evenings. The kitchen still follows her recipe for fried potatoes with onions and bacon to this day, and we continue to bake her plum cake in late summer.

    Old hands kneading dough on a floured work surface
    To this day, we still knead the yeast dough for the cake by hand.

  4. 1972

    Restaurant run by the state Handelsorganisation (HO)

    The restaurant is taken over by the state trading organization. Grete continues cooking in her own restaurant as an employee. The function room remains popular for company parties and Jugendweihe (East German coming-of-age) celebrations.

  5. 1991

    Back to the family

    Grete’s son Hans-Jürgen and his wife Monika get the house back. They renovate the roof, kitchen and windows and reopen in May 1993, with pike-perch, fried potatoes and Sunday roasts.

    Dining room with wooden tables, picture wall, and mullioned windows
    The dining room after the renovation. Monika started the picture wall.

  6. 2014

    The fifth generation

    Anja Wendt and Paul Kaminski take over. Paul brings pasta and beef fillet from Potsdam, and the beer garden is created in the garden by the pond. Pike-perch and fried potatoes remain.

“We don’t have any flour anymore, but people still come.”

Grete Wendt, 1959

What ends up on the plate today

We source our pike-perch from the Schwielochsee. Leon makes the fried potatoes Grete’s way; they are often served as a side with our lunch menu. Alongside them, the menu features the Italian dishes Paul brought with him in 2014.

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