A "Möller" was listed in the Turkish tax list of 1565, who had to pay half a gold guilder.
The Turkish tax served as an imperial tax to finance the wars against the Turks advancing into Europe, among other things.
The Niedersfeld mill appears in the documents in the Graugreben archive in Bruchhausen in 1584 and a "miller" also appears in the land tax lists from 1664.
Heinrich Cramer was named as a miller in a record of tradesmen in the municipality from 1821.
After his death and the death of his wife, the mill and its lands were inherited by the chapel community of Niedersfeld.
The mill was initially operated by several tenants until it was sold.
1882 Josef Richard from Hanxleden acquired it with the yard and garden for the price of 10,050 gold guilders.
In 1900, Heinrich Hankeln Sr. married Josef Richard's only daughter.
1935 her son Heinrich Hankeln jun. took over the mill and handed it over to Adolf Schleimer in 1973.
Since 1992, the mill has been run by the fifth generation of the family, miller and wholesale merchant Werner Schleimer and his wife Rita.
The mill is driven by water power, for which a ditch approx. 1.5 km long was constructed, 50% of which is fed by the Ruhr and 50% by the Hille. In 1934, a turbine was installed to replace the waterwheel, which still drives the 1.5-tonne rye reclaimer, and a generator is also used to generate electricity using hydropower.
There is a guided tour every Monday at 3.00 pm.