Goch oil mill

Goch oil mill
Original cadastral map from 1843
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 41 '22 "  N , 6 ° 9' 7"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 41 '22 "  N , 6 ° 9' 7"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Kleve district City of Goch
Waters	Niers city ​​moat
Built	before 1376
Shut down	1906
technology
use	Oil mill
Grinder	Oil press
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot

The Goch oil mill was a watermill in the city of Goch , located on the Niers moat , with an undershot water wheel .

geography

The Goch oil mill was located on the other side of the mill gate, on the Niers moat, in the town of Goch, Kleve district , in North Rhine-Westphalia . Above was the fulling mill Goch , below the Bimmen mill .

The Niers has a height of approx. 17 m above sea ​​level here . The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Niersverband , which is based in Viersen .

history

With the settlement and the first mention of the city of Goch in 1261, an economic basis for the construction of water mills developed on the Niersbogen and Stadtgraben. The location was so excellent that five mills could use the water power of the Niers over a short distance . In the so-called Mühlenviertel the Mühlentor these were the oil mill Goch, Walkmühle Goch, grain mill Goch , Lohmühle Goch and somewhat removed and later the Susmühle .

In the Gocher Schöffenbriefe of 1272 and 1275, the existence of a mill was communicated in which a Gerhardus molendarius - Müller Gerhard was named. In 1362 the Graefenthal abbess Isabel von Geldern - a sister of the duke - gave the mills she had left for use to the city of Goch. With the approval of the duke, this turned into a long-term lease that, if necessary, was linked to the right to enable the construction of further wind and water mills. In addition to the existing water mills, windmills were also built , which, due to seasonal restrictions with regard to the Nierswiesen, became more and more important.

The Goch oil mill was one of the mills that the Duke and Abbess left the city of Goch. In 1819 the mill was bought by the heir mill leaseholders Jansen for 3,150 thalers. Under 1831 it is reported: The water oil mill in Goch in front of the mill gate, which can also be operated with horses if there is a lack of water, along with the house, barn, stables, two vegetable gardens and two meadows are to be sold. (Anzeiger Düsseldorf 1831 No. 2. p. 12) In 1836 Johann Mathias Janssen is named as the owner . The mill employs one worker, has 1 press and has an annual output of 200 quintals a. 17 thalers per hundredweight. In 1859 Heinrich van Bogardt is given as the owner. In 1906 the mill was shut down and later converted into a residential building. The house was demolished in the early 1990s .

gallery

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  Course of the Niers in Goch

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  Goch oil mill on the new recording in 1892

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  Oil mill Goch on the tranchot card 1802

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. 2nd Edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 . Pp. 565-569
• Susanne Sommer: Mills on the Lower Rhine . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1113-3 . P. 181

Web links

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

• Website of the city of Goch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.niersverband.de/