"The wheels never stop turning here…"
Extract from the history of the village, the mill and the guesthouse
The village of Ismaning proudly celebrated its 1,200th anniversary in 2009. It has been proved that a mill existed in the village from the Middle Ages onwards. The first illustration can be found on a map dating back to 1716. Two wooden wheels powered a flour and sawmill on the site of what is now the hotel, next to the castle which was the seat of the Prince Bishops. The stream was an elixir of life for the rural inns, not only driving the mill, but also quenching the thirst of people and animals and providing a source of water for washing, cooking, irrigation, cooling, fishing and, in the case of the children, playing.
FAMILY HISTORY
The Seidl family history can be traced back to the 18th century, and has its roots close to nature - in agriculture. The Seidls used to be farmers in the Bavarian “Oberland”, or mountainous region. The young Bartholomäus Seidl, the 16th of seventeen children from "Obermayr" in Großhartpenning near Holzkirchen, set out for the eastern district of the city of Munich around 1800, accompanied by his wife, Walburga and made his fortune with bricks, which sold like hot cakes in Bavaria’s rapidly growing electoral residency. However, his son Johann Seidl, preferred to abandon the security of the brick business and rise to new challenges. His first stop, an inn in Dietersheim, located on the then important road from Munich to Freising, was a resounding success. Johann Seidl used the proceeds to purchase the baroque residential property "Schlossgut Erching", erstwhile home of Freising’s Prince Bishop, selling it at a profit sixteen years later. He finally settled with his family in Ismaning and purchased the Mühlhauser estate, a property complete with a saw- and flour mill (now the “Seidlmühle” cultural centre). His motto? "The wheels never stop turning where there is water"...
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