Bimmen mill

Bimmen mill
Niers between Goch and Asperden
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 41 ′ 50 "  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 25"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 41 ′ 50 "  N , 6 ° 8 ′ 25"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Kleve district City of Goch
Waters	Niers
Built	before 1380
Shut down	Burned down in 1595
technology
use	Flour mill
Grinder	Grinding mill
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot

The Bimmen mill was a watermill on the Niers in the town of Goch with a probably undershot water wheel .

geography

The Bimmener Mühle was located between the Gocher Mühlentor and the Aspermühle in the former village of Bimmen, in the city of Goch, Kleve district in North Rhine-Westphalia . The Goch oil mill was located above and the Asper mill below.

The Niers here has a height of approx. 16 m above sea ​​level . The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Niersverband , which is based in Viersen .

history

In the former peasantry Bimmen (Bymmen) who possessed Cistercian of Abbey Graefenthal a courtyard and a mill that has been mentioned a few times 1380th The richly wealthy abbey ran seven mills either on its own or on lease . The mill burned down in 1595, like the Aspermühle, and was no longer rebuilt. The Bimmen farmers later went under completely.

literature

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

Web links

• Website of the city of Goch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.niersverband.de/