Uebacher mill

Uebacher mill
Memory of the Übacher mill
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 55 '10 "  N , 6 ° 7' 8"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '10 "  N , 6 ° 7' 8"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Übach-Palenberg
Waters	Uebach
Built	12th Century
Shut down	around 1875
technology
use	Grinding mill
Grinder	1 grind
drive	Watermill
water wheel	overshot

The Übacher Mühle was a water mill with an overshot water wheel on the Uebach in the city of Übach-Palenberg in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The Übacher mill had its location on Uebach today 's marketplace in the city Übach-Palenberg. The area on which the mill once stood is approx. 102 m above sea ​​level . In front of the mill was a 250 × 80 m large mill pond , which was also used by the farmers for flax rotting .

Waters

The Uebach, which was also called Mühlenbach and Palenbach , is around 9 km long and is the shortest tributary of the Wurm . The original sources were in the area between Merkstein and Alsdorf . Today the Uebach has become a regulated flood ditch for sewage and surface water , some of which is piped in the settlement area. In the Middle Ages the Uebach drove two mills. One of these mills was at the Mühlenbach house on the market square. The water association Eifel - Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water.

history

A small fountain system with a water wheel and an information board with historical data reminds of the location of the Übacher mill, which was popularly known as Et Mölke . Local historiography dates the mill to the 12th century. The single- speed mill worked as a grain mill and was driven by an overshot water wheel. The silting up of the mill pond led to the closure of the mill in 1875.

gallery

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  Et Mölke on the market square in Übach-Palenberg

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  Information board for the Übacher mill

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  Stream course of the Uebach

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  Übach on the first recording from 1846

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  Übach on the new recording from 1892

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  Übach on the tranchot card 1805/1807

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pages 282-283.
• Peter Jansen: In search of the old origins of the Übach and its tributaries , home calendar Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg 1962, page 63 ff.

Web links

Commons : Übacher Mühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• The Uebach on the homepage of the city of Übach-Palenberg

Individual evidence

1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
3. ↑ http://www.wver.de/