Today only the name of the estate reminds us of the mill that once stood here.
The mill itself fell victim to the flames in 1861. While the main house, built in 1776, was largely preserved, the adjacent buildings on the farm were only built at the beginning of the 20th century.
The name “Eynatter Mill” is reminiscent of the mill built by the Aachen Jesuits in 1719 on the Göhl stream. It replaced the original Vlattenhaus mill in the center of Eynatten, which was fed by the ponds.
The laying of the foundation stone was marked with the inscription “Rector Aquensis De Societate lesus Me Posuit.” The Aachen rector of the Jesuits sat me down carefully. This foundation stone is still in the village today, namely above the back entrance of the Tychon Hotel-Restaurant.
Arnold Roemer Lamberts, who became the owner of the Vlattenhaus in 1776, renovated the Eynatter Mill building the following year and also had a coat of arms stone installed above the entrance door, which bore the coats of arms of the Roemer and Lamberts families.
After the mill fell victim to flames in 1861, it made way for a farm. However, its buildings were again destroyed by fire in 1877 and 1886.
In 1907 Andre Franssen von Cortenbach acquired the estate. It was he who had the current buildings built there six years later and a country house in the immediate vicinity. The estate is still family-owned today.
In 2022, the property was rented long-term by the couple Birgit & Maurice de Boer and extensively renovated.