Berschweiler oil mill

Coordinates: 49 ° 20 ′ 17 "  N , 6 ° 57 ′ 24.2"  E

Berschweiler oil mill​

Saarland

View from the brook

The Berschweiler oil mill in the Heusweiler district of Berschweiler is a specialty of the mills in Saarland . It was built between 1767 and 1779. It was mentioned in a document as early as 1472 as a Lohmühle . The Berschweiler oil mill was driven by the Wahlschieder Bach by an overshot mill wheel. For oil extraction were rape (300 kg of rapeseed oil yielded 150 liters), poppy seed , nuts and Bucheckern pressed. After 1939 the mill was no longer used, although it was still fully functional. The largely wooden mill technology of the Berschweiler oil mill ( pan mill , pressing plant, heating furnace and roller mill) is still almost in its original condition. The oil mill has been a listed building since 1979 and is one of the most important cultural monuments in the Saarbrücken regional association .

• Virtual tour
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  water wheel

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  Grinder

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  Agitator

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  Workbench

Web links

Commons : Ölmühle Berschweiler  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the Berschweiler oil mill

Individual evidence

1. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, partial list of monuments Regional Association Saarbrücken (PDF; 10.2 MB), accessed on November 1, 2012
2. ↑ Page no longer available , search in web archives: Sights worth seeing in the Heusweiler region, Berschweiler oil mill On: www.rvsbr.de (website of the Saarbrücken Regional Association), accessed on November 1, 2012