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Building of the Wissen mills

Building of the Wissen mills

Location and history
Knowledge oil mill (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Oil mill knowledge
Coordinates 51 ° 36 '54 "  N , 6 ° 13' 19"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 36 '54 "  N , 6 ° 13' 19"  E
Location Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Kleve district
Weeze municipality
Waters Niers
Built 17th century
Shut down 1920
technology
use Oil mill
Grinder Pan mill and oil press
drive Watermill
water wheel undershot

The Wissen oil mill was a water mill located on the Niers (oil ditch) in the municipality of Weeze with an undershot water wheel .

geography

The Wissen oil mill is located on Schlossallee, on the oil ditch of Wissen Castle, on the Niers, in the municipality of Weeze, Kleve district , in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The Niers has a height of approx. 19 m above sea ​​level here . The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Niersverband , which is based in Viersen .

history

Wissen Castle was first mentioned in 1316. Haus und Gut Wissen appear as the property of the Gocher bailiff Heinrich von der Straten in 1372 , when Count Adolf von Kleve issued a letter of protection for the parish of Weeze and the Haus zu Wissen. The first mill was mentioned in a document in 1437, when Johann von der Straten , son of Heinrich von der Straten , was given the mill as a fief by the wealthy Viktorstift in Xanten . In 1461 the von der Straten family sold the entire property to the von Loe family , who still own it today.

After 1437 a real mill economy developed next to the castle. So four mills were built directly on the Niers or on the moats (also known as graves ) of the castle. In addition to the Schlossmühle Wissen , the Ölmühle Wissen, the sawmill Wissen and the Fulling Mill Wissen . The water supply for the moat systems is regulated by a weir above the castle on the Niers.

The Wissen oil mill is likely to have originated in the 17th century. It was supplied with water from the so-called oil ditch, a drain from the castle moat . The mill, which belonged to the Jürgens group , worked until it was closed in 1920. The mill equipment from the 19th century, consisting of a hydraulic deck press of the English - American type from Greenwood and Badley in Leeds , roller mills , molding machines and Pan mills , were sold to the Hünshoven oil mill in Geilenkirchen .

gallery

  • North-east side of Wissen Castle

  • Contemporary witnesses of the past

  • The Niers at Schloss Wissen

  • Oil mill knowledge on the new recording 1892

  • Oil mill knowledge on the original cadastral map 1843

  • Oil mill knowledge on the tranchot card 1802/04

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. 2nd Edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 . Pp. 559-561
  • Susanne Sommer: Mills on the Lower Rhine . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1113-3 . Pp. 183-184

Web links

Commons : Schlossmühle Wissen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.niersverband.de/