Hermann Hill Three Mile Walk
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Turn right (south) at Gutenberg Street. Walk to the corner of E. 1st Street.
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The Festhalle was renovated in 1987 as part of Hermannhof
Winery. It is used for festivals and special events.
One-half block east of the Festhalle is Hermannhof Winery. The
winery building was constructed in the 1840s. From 1848-1852 it
was a winery and brewery. Initially wine making was a small part
of this successful Kropp's Brewery, which was producing 4,000
barrels of beer annually by 1888. Wine making began again in
1978 when Jim Dierberg restored the building and its stone
cellars. The winery now produces many award-winning wines. It is
open daily for tours of the cellars and wine tastings.
At the mouth of Frene Creek near the winery, the first German
settlers spent the winter of 1837. They found a widow, Polly
Phillips, in a one-room log cabin, and the Hensley family in
another. These kind folks took in the 17 settlers and gave them
shelter until they could construct their own housing the
following spring.
On the southwest corner of E. 1st and Gutenberg is the Hermann
Star Mills building, Hermann's skyscraper. The four and one-half
story mill was constructed in 1860 at a cost of $40,000. It had
a capacity of 160 barrels of flour per day. By the 1880s, the
mill produced 240 barrels of flour per day. It currently houses
Oncken's Machine Shop.
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