The Teutoburger Wald forest is a range of hills with 446 meters at its highest point in the center of Germany spanning from east to west. It is best known in Germany for the famous Hermannsschlacht, the battle of Hermann in 9 a.d., i.e. 2000 years ago. In this battle of Hermann, the Germanic tribes defeated the Romans. The Teutoburger Wald is al...

The drive from Frankfurt was a mere 3:15 h, and was located about 30 minutes off the highway tucked away in a dense forest and next to a beautiful pond that fed the mill after which the Hotel Silbermühle was named. The Hotel Silbermühle www.silbermuehle.de was an absolute highlight of this trip, and Silbermühle was well known as an excursion des...