Bevermühlen

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With Bever mills several former are water mills at Bever in Münsterland referred.

history

The Bever is known as the “busy river” in the Münsterland. Unlike most other rivers in this region, it carries a large amount of water with a steep gradient. From the source to the mouth it falls 25 meters. In Ostbevern alone the river falls by 4.5 meters. This means that it has a sufficiently high potential energy. Mills have been operated on the Bever since ancient times; There was a dispute over congestion rights, heights and times. The storage rights were mostly in the hands of monasteries or aristocratic residences. Up until the 1950s, the Bever was dammed up in the autumn months, which meant that all of the Beverwiesen were flooded in order to have enough water for the mills to operate over the winter. In the 1960s, these storage rights were bought up by the entertainment associations and the mill and storage operations were discontinued. Today there is no longer a mill on the Bever.

The mills in detail

There are or were the following mills (listed from mountain to valley):

Vinnenberg Monastery

The Vinnenberg monastery in Milte was allowed to operate the first mill on the river. This was a mill that operated Umflut . The Koog is still there, the flood is no longer connected to the river. The mill is now home to an inn.

Rengering Monastery

The Rennering monastery in Ostbevern operated the second mill. After the abolition of the monastery, the mill continued to be operated by the respective farmer, most recently by farmer Hohenkirch. The flood is now separated from the Bever, the Koog is still there. The bridge saint Nepomuk still stands today on the bridge to the mill that still exists . An oil mill , a boke mill and a grain grinder were operated.

Kocks Mill

It has been in the village of Ostbevern since the end of the 18th century . It is a double mill; a grain and trestle mill , which was put into operation directly at the weir on July 14, 1844. The Bevern house owned the right to stow and operated the mill. Both mills had their own water wheel. The post mill was demolished in 1921, the grain mill was kept in operation by Müller Burgholt until the early 1960s. In the 1970s, it was bought and restored by the vehicle manufacturer Hermann Kock. Today it is used for exhibitions and concerts. Next door is a historical carriage museum. In October 2011 there was an event on art and science by the University of Münster under the title "Multitalent Bever".

Schulze Osthoff's mill

Schulze Osthoffs Mühle was a grain mill in Westbevern with flood. It was run by farmer Schulze Osthoff. The Koogs are still there, the flood is separated from the river. It is the only Bevermühle that was not owned by a monastery or a noble family. The farm and the mill were first mentioned in 1339. In court it belonged to Ostbevern, but in the municipal and parish association to Westbevern. It was not until 1829 that the final border regulation between the two Bever communities took place. The mill house also still stands and is used for other purposes today.

House Langen

Haus Langen was the last Bevermühle in Westbevern before it flows into the Ems. The barons of Langen had the right to dwell here and operated a double mill on the weir, as in Ostbevern. Both mill houses are still there; only grain was ground here.

photos

  • Double mill Rengering monastery

  • Double mill house Langen

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eugen Kotte, Ostbevern in old views , Zaltbommel 2010, ISBN 9028823859
  2. ↑ WN

literature

  • Uli Auffermann: Münsterland: Park landscape between the Ruhr area and the Rheine - 50 tours , 2010, ISBN 3763343806