Beeretz mill

Beeretz mill
Beeretz mill in Geilenkirchen
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 57 '46 "  N , 6 ° 7' 11"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '46 "  N , 6 ° 7' 11"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Geilenkirchen
Waters	worm
Built	1586
Shut down	around 1970
technology
use	Grain and oil mill
Grinder	1 grind 1 oil press
drive	water wheel
water wheel	undershot

The Beeretz Mühle was a water mill with an undershot water wheel on the Wurm in the city of Geilenkirchen in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The Beeretz mill had its location on the left side of the worm at the Duke William Street, in the town of Geilenkirchen. The property on which the mill building stands today is approx. 74 m above sea ​​level . The Eichenthal mill stood above the Beeretz mill, and the Hünshoven oil mill was located in the neighborhood by the small worm .

Waters

The worm supplied numerous mills with water over a river length of 53 km. The source of the worm is south of Aachen at 265 m above sea level. The confluence with the Rur is in the town of Kempen in the town of Heinsberg at 32 m above sea level. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, worm straightening was carried out. The curving, now and then meandering course of the river disappeared in favor of a simple route . The river length shortened and the flow speed increased. For many people the flood protection improved , for the mills it was the end. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water body with a catchment area of 355.518 km ² .

history

The Beeretz mill was also known as the Geilenkirchen city mill or grain mill and stood on the main arm of the worm. It was first mentioned in a document in 1486. In the documents of Jülich-Berg there is a lease for twelve years of Corn molenn vur gelennkirchen in 1539 . The local history literature assumes that the mill already existed 1380th It is said to have belonged to the rulers of Heinsberg and Geilenkirchen Castle .

At the beginning of the 19th century, the grain mill belonged to Gottfried Camphausen. He bought the mill as a confiscated Jülich tax property from the French state . As a result of an import ban on English yarns in 1806, the owner converted the mill and installed mechanical spinning mills that were powered by water power . After the Battle of Waterloo and the end of the French era , the import ban was lifted. The mill was now used as a mill again , but now also for beating oil .

The Beeretz Mühle worked until 1970, when worm regulation in 1971 sealed its end. The iron water wheel was removed against the will of the critical public . The promise to reattach the waterwheel if possible was just a promise . Today the mill building, which last housed the Kornmühle restaurant , is unused.

gallery

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  The Beeretz mill on the Wurm

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  The water wheel was once attached to the gable wall

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  Geilenkirchen on the first recording from 1846

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  Geilenkirchen on the new recording from 1892

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  Beeretz Mühle on the Tranchot map 1805/1807

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. 2nd Edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pp. 288–289.
• Hans-Josef Sprünken: Geilenkirchens Mühlen an der Wurm, home calendar of the Heinsberg district, 1992, pp. 35–42.

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

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

• Homepage of the city of Geilenkirchen

Individual evidence

1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ http://www.wver.de/