Luhmühlen

Luhmühlen is a district of Salzhausen, Germany. It is located on the river Luhe near the A 7 motorway at the level of the Wilseder Berg west of Lüneburg. The Luhmühlen training centre is known for eventing.

Prehistoric finds, burial mounds and urns from the Migration Period point to a continuous settlement in the Luhmühlen area. The Luhemühle is mentioned in documents in the 12th century; it is owned by the Counts of Wölpe. From 1205 to 1231, Count Iso von Wölpe, Bishop of Verden, bequeathed his possessions to the Bishopric of Verden. Its property is administered from Rotenburg Castle. Since that time, the name "Rotenburger Mühle" has been used for the watermill. It was the service mill of the Fronhof Salzhausen. The medieval military road from Lüneburg to Bremen crossed the Luhe at the mill. Lack of money and mortgages led to many secular and spiritual ownership successes. During the Thirty Years' War, the mill was also destroyed. In the Peace of Celle of 1679, the duchies of Bremen and Verden ceded their possessions in Lüneburg to the Principality of Lüneburg.

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