Tüschenbroich oil mill

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Tüschenbroich oil mill

The oil mill in Wegberg-Tüschenbroich

The oil mill in Wegberg-Tüschenbroich

Location and history
Oil mill Tüschenbroich (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Tüschenbroich oil mill
Coordinates 51 ° 7 '15 "  N , 6 ° 15' 47"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 7 '15 "  N , 6 ° 15' 47"  E
Location GermanyGermany Germany
North Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
DEU District of Heinsberg COA.svg District of Heinsberg
DEU Wegberg COA.svg Wegberg
Waters Mill pond with springs
Built 14./15. century
Shut down 1912 (mill operation)
Status Monument No. 120
technology
use Oil mill
Grinder 1 oil press
drive Watermill
water wheel Wooden wheel with 42 wooden shovels, undershot

The Tüschenbroich oil mill is a water mill with an undershot, wooden water wheel .

geography

The oil mill is located between the upper and lower pond of Tüschenbroich Castle in the Tüschenbroich district in the middle town of Wegberg in the Heinsberg district . The mill is located at a height of 77  m above sea level. NN not far from the castle on Landesstrasse 364.

Waters

The mill gets its water from the upper pond, which is fed by numerous springs and is not located on the Schwalm. The Schwalm, which flows through the lower pond, has its source 1.2 kilometers away in Genhof (district of Erkelenz). The Schwalm has a total length of 45,132 meters up to its confluence with the Meuse at Swalmen NL. The source is at 83  m above sea level. NN , the mouth at 14  m above sea level. NN . The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Schwalm Association , which is based in Brüggen .

history

The Tüschenbroich oil mill is closest to the Schwalm spring. In front of it is a large pond , which is not fed with the water of the Schwalm but from numerous springs. The thatched oil mill, which is located between the upper and lower pond, is one of the most beautiful preserved swallow mills. It has always belonged to Tüschenbroich Castle, which was first mentioned in 1172. The history of the mill goes back to the 14th and 15th centuries. Century back when it was built by the gentlemen of Tüschenbroich. The mill served as a source of income for its operators and so this mill was also operated as a forced or ban mill. That means, due to the ban law, the residents of a precisely defined area had to have this mill milled. In 1624, the mill and the castle became the property of Baron von Spiering. Since the male line of Spiering died out in 1829, the entire property went to Ida Natalie von Spierung, who then sold it to the Gormanns Counselor in Erkelenz in 1836 . By inheritance, the castle and mill became the property of the Jungbluth family. The mill had an undershot mill wheel and an oil press that worked up to six hours a day. Lack of water caused the mill's output to drop to three hours in the 1850s. The mill was stopped in 1912 under the lessee Wilhelm Josef Schmitz, successor to Johann Jakob Schmitz. The wooden water wheel that was destroyed in the war has been restored.

Monument entry

Erected in the middle of the 18th century; three-wing half-timbered building; the two-storey mill house with thatched roof; Water wheel still available. (Monument No. 120).

  • The oil mill in winter dress

  • The oil press of the oil mill

  • The entrance to the mill

  • The oil mill with mill wheel

  • The mill wheel of the oil mill

  • View from the oil mill to the castle and grain mill

literature

  • Lower Rhine water mills - guide by Hans Vogt
  • The Schwalm - Valley of the Mills by Horst Jungblut - Helmut Elstner
  • Home book of the city of Wegberg - Compiled by Heinz Cohnen
  • Wegberg cultural guide

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.schwalmverband.de/
  2. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/niederrhein-sued/kreis-heinsberg/nachrichten/ausflugsziel-fuer-jung-und-alt-1.687642