Name: German Mill Day at Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum 2026
Start: 2026-05-25T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-25T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Freilichtmuseum Klockenhagen

Mill Day Klockenhagen

About Mill Day Klockenhagen

On Whit Monday, the Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum participates in the nationwide German Mill Day – the Open Mill Day. The focus is on the historic post mill from Groß Ernsthof, which can be visited all day and turns its sails when there is enough wind. Mill tours explain the old craft of the miller and the technology of the windmill. Embedded in the five-hectare museum village with historic buildings from 18 Mecklenburg villages, Mill Day becomes an educational excursion for the whole family.

Dates 25 May — 25 May 2026

Venue Ribnitz-Damgarten (13073)

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Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

Mill Day Klockenhagen — edition 2026

On Whit Monday, May 25, 2026, the Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum will participate in German Mill Day. From 10 am to 5 pm, the historic post mill from Groß Ernsthof can be visited; if there is enough wind, its sails will turn. Ongoing mill tours will explain the old craft of the miller.

On May 25, 2026, the Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum will open for German Mill Day. From 10 am to 5 pm, the post mill will be the focus of the program.

The mill can be visited all day and turns its sails in sufficient wind. Ongoing tours will explain the technology of the windmill and the miller's craft – all set within the museum village with historic buildings from 18 Mecklenburg villages.

Highlights Mill Day Klockenhagen 2026

Open Mill Day on Whit Monday
Historic post mill from Groß Ernsthof
Ongoing mill tours on the miller's craft
Museum village with buildings from 18 Mecklenburg villages

Programme Mill Day Klockenhagen 2026

Monday, May 25, 2026

10:00 am–5:00 pm — Open-Air Museum open
All-day visit of the post mill from Groß Ernsthof
Ongoing mill tours
Turning of the mill sails in sufficient wind

Prices Mill Day Klockenhagen 2026

Regular museum admission applies. Current information at freilichtmuseum-klockenhagen.de.

Practical information

Practical information — Mill Day Klockenhagen

Getting There

By car via the A20 (exit Ribnitz-Damgarten), then to Klockenhagen, Mecklenburger Straße 57. Parking available at the museum.

Date and Opening Hours

Whit Monday, usually 10 am–5 pm. The post mill can be visited all day, with ongoing tours.

Admission

Regular museum admission applies. Current information at freilichtmuseum-klockenhagen.de.

Open Mill Day

The German Mill Day takes place nationwide every year on Whit Monday. The aim of the event is to bring the old craft of the miller back into public awareness and to preserve historic mills as technical monuments. The Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum near Ribnitz-Damgarten also participates on this day and opens its mill to visitors.

The Post Mill from Groß Ernsthof

The focus is on the post mill, which originally came from Groß Ernsthof and was rebuilt in the museum. On Mill Day, it can be visited all day; if there is enough wind, the mill turns its sails. Ongoing mill tours explain the functioning of the windmill and the craft used for centuries to grind grain into flour.

Museum Village with 18 Villages

The Klockenhagen Open-Air Museum is a five-hectare museum village where historic buildings from 18 villages in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern have been brought together – farmhouses, barns, craft buildings, and the mill itself. Mill Day is integrated into the extensive event program that the museum offers from April to October, making Whit Monday a worthwhile destination.

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Vorpommern-Rügen

Klockenhagen is a district of Ribnitz-Damgarten in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, near the Baltic Sea coast. Mill Day combines monument preservation with a popular festival and vividly conveys how important wind and water mills once were for life in the countryside.