Old Losnich waterworks
The old waterworks in Lösnich in the Bernkastel-Wittlich district was built in 1927. It supplied Lösnich and the Kinheim-Kindel district with drinking water until the connection of the local water supply to the waterworks of the municipality of Bernkastel-Kues in 1995. Two building units belonged to the system. A water tank in the headwaters of the Gluckert spring in the Lösnicher Hinterwald and another station in typical Moselle slate construction further down the valley towards Lösnich "In the new mountain" near the Böngertsbach.
history
Source search and planning phase
A long period of planning preceded the construction of the Lösnich water reservoir in the back forest. Beginning with the first source observations in 1904, it took another 23 years until the village fountain in Lösnich could be replaced by the new water pipe. When examining the productivity of five springs in the Lösnich district in 1904, the Dörrborn and Gluckerts springs proved to be the two most productive springs with 22 liters and 21 liters per minute. The sources Gluckertsquelle II, Schinbornwald and Rebengeschell are also listed.
In November 1912, the mayor of Zeltingen recommended the Gluckertsquelle to the district administrator, but with the concerns that the source would be in the Lösnich district , but the water supply to the village of Lösnich would have to be routed through the Kinheim district. So they continued to look for a cheaper source location. In order to move the matter forward, the Lösnich municipal council decided in August 1920 to appoint a well-known dowser . For the amount of 600 marks and an additional 200 marks if the search was successful, Matthias Leisen from Dasburg near Prüm offered himself. He was a member of the association for clarifying the dowsing rod issue and the Lower Rhine geological association. But this attempt did not have the desired success either. On July 3, 1921, headmaster Ehlen had to admit that the search for water had not led to any useful results. Thus the Gluckertsquelle in the back forest remained the only possible location for the construction of a water tank.
Construction of the waterworks and the aqueduct
With the decision to build the water tank, the municipality also faced the question of financing. According to the municipal council resolution of June 3, 1913, the municipality was unable to raise the costs of building the water tank without subsidies. Now it was considered to give water to the neighboring community Kindel under certain conditions. Further financing channels were sought. A municipal council resolution of May 1922 considered establishing a fund with an annual contribution. However, an objection was raised because the municipality was unable to raise the necessary amounts due to the ongoing inflation of money. This situation shouldn't change anytime soon.
In November 1926, the mayor of Zeltingen reported to District Inspector Pfeiffer in Bernkastel that the community of Lösnich was one of the "poorest on the Moselle". Most of the residents would be vintners who would have to wrestle with falling wine prices and bad harvests. But at the beginning of the new year, despite all the adverse circumstances, the time had finally come: on February 17, 1927, the mayor of Zeltingen reported to Bernkastel that construction of the spring catchment in Gluckert would begin on Monday, February 21, 1927.
Three months later, was issued in May 1927, all Lösnicher the invitation to sign up for the service connection when community leaders to report. Almost a year after the start of the construction phase and 23 years after the first source observations in 1904, the state police inspection of the new Lösnich water pipe took place on January 10, 1928. In addition to a few minor defects, a “clean and careful production” was confirmed.
The flow rate in the building unit with the spring taps at the Gluckert spring was up to 87 cubic meters per day. The deacidification system was also located here. The somewhat lower elevated tank near the Böngertsbach had a storage capacity of 2 × 75 cubic meters.
A water supply contract with the municipality of Kinheim-Kindel regulated the water supply in such a way that Kinheim-Kindel received two thirds and Lösnich one third of the poured water. In the following decades the water demand of the municipality of Lösnich increased considerably, so that the municipality was forced to buy additional water from its contractual partner Kinheim, although the Kinheimers obtained their water from the jointly obtained water from Lösnich. The volume of water required by the Lösnicher rose from 24 cubic meters in 1928 to 60 cubic meters today, despite the declining population.
In the end, economic aspects and the requirements for the microbiological quality assurance of the water prompted the municipality of Lösnich to handle the water supply in 1995 through the Eifel-Mosel association. The water now comes from the well of the Bengel waterworks drilled in 1960 via the elevated tank Kröv / Kinheim.
Former well systems before the construction of the water pipe
In Lösnich there were several wells within the village . Unfortunately, these wells had to give way to various construction measures over time, so that none of these wells are preserved today.
Since the citizens without a well system in their own house were dependent on these wells, these wells often became an object of contention, especially because of the free access and the need to keep them clean at all times.
In 1914, the head of the Lösnich family, Peter Conen, wrote to the mayor of Zeltingen about a closed well. The owners of the well in the Unterdorf, limited on the one hand by Stephan Roth and on the other hand by Gemeindestraße, asked in this letter for the release of the water on behalf of "14 owners". The well, it was said there, was closed to you a long time ago. As a result, they would have had to fetch the water from others who had water in their homes because the nearest community well was too far away.
In conclusion, it was assumed that the adjoining pigsty of the S. Roth was the reason for not releasing the water. Therefore the owners felt compelled to ask the mayor to stop Mr. Roth to remove the pigs. However, this request seemed to have remained unsuccessful. In August 1915, Head Ehlen again turned to the mayor of Zeltingen on the same matter. Head Ehlen suggested digging the nearby community well again to free the affected citizens from the predicament, but unfortunately this well could not be used again.
Further water problems from Lösnich in view of the upcoming grape harvest were reported to Mayor Marx von Zeltingen in October 1916. It was complained that the fountain above the house of Nikolaus Schömann had not given any water for over two months. In addition to the two schools, twelve households obtained their water from there.
The construction of the waterworks and the water pipeline was a great relief for the everyday life of the Lösnich population. A village fountain created in 1995 in the lower village keeps the memory of the old Gluckert spring and the former Lösnich waterworks alive.
swell
- State Main Archive Koblenz, 56068 Koblenz, Karmeliterstraße 1/3
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j LHA Kobl., Dept. 655, 123, No. 598
- ↑ a b c Information sheet on the "Kluckert" fountain square at the running fountain itself
Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '37.7 " N , 7 ° 3' 58.9" E