Owner is looking for a successor: who wants to buy my mill?

The Herrenmühle is in the middle of the Ore Mountains. But the purchase negotiations between the owner and Neukirchen have failed. What happens now?

Neukirchen / Ore Mountains – The Herrenmühle in Neukirchen remains an object of speculation. The purchase negotiations between owner Claus Hachelberg (76) and the community have finally failed. The homeland and history association Neukirchen loses an ideal event location. Attorney Michael Garling took over communication and buyer search.

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The Heimatverein had to move chairs, tents and exhibition material and is looking for a new home. “The eviction request by lawyer letter came completely unexpected. The purchase by the community is off the table, the drops are sucked”, says the chairman Jürgen Beyer (66). He understands his club colleague Hachelberg.

The community offered Hachelberg ten percent of the purchase value, free rental rights and a say. The lawyer dismissed this as unacceptable. An offer improvement to 30 percent failed in the local council. Money is tight and a primary school is planned.

Mayor Sascha Thamm remains realistic: “Neither the renovation costs nor the follow-up costs for the mill are quantifiable.” Now the lawyer wants to advertise the mill. The roof is dilapidated. Otherwise, the mill is well preserved and is one of the last functional technical monuments in Saxony.

Beyer is hoping for an external buyer and a return of the club. The community actually wanted to preserve the monument, and high school students had already drawn up a re-use concept.

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Owner Hachelberg does not want to comment, his lawyer invokes confidentiality.

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