Bischofsmühle (Wegberg)

Bischofsmühle
The Bischofsmühle in Wegberg-Watern
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 7 '52 "  N , 6 ° 16' 8"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 7 '52 "  N , 6 ° 16' 8"  E
Location	Germany  North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Wegberg
Waters	Schwalm
Built	1572 mentioned in a pension letter
Shut down	1960 (mill operation)
technology
use	Flour mill
Grinder	2 grinding courses 1 oil press
drive	Watermill
water wheel	Wooden wheel, overshot

The Bischofsmühle is a water mill with an overshot water wheel .

geography

The Bischofsmühle is located on the Schwalm , Zur Bischofsmühle in the Watern district , in the middle town of Wegberg in the Heinsberg district . Three mill ponds were in front of the mill and served as water storage for the mill operation. The height of the terrain at the mill building is 72 m above sea level. NN.

history

The Bischofsmühle had numerous names. In 1572 they were called in a judicial letter to pensioners "Evertz-Mühle", in 1681 "Mühle am Feschkens-Weiher", later "Jelisken-Mühle" and also Mettelskes-Mühle. Today's hallmark of the Bischofsmühle is not an upper or lower water wheel, but an ivy-covered chimney that belonged to a steam boiler system that was supposed to supplement the low water power since 1882. In front of the mill were three mill ponds, two of which were filled in in the 1950s. The usable waterfall height was only two feet (about 0.6 m). The Bischofsmühle was operated as an oil and grinding mill and had a pan mill and two grinding mills . But as early as 1908 the steam operation was given up, initially limited to hydropower, until electricity brought relief from energy worries. Nevertheless, it had to cease operations in 1960.

Monument entry

Erected in the 18th and 19th centuries; Watermill that was later switched to steam power; Two-storey residential building with a hipped roof, probably from the end of the 18th century at right angles to the newer machine house from the 19th century and with a floor plan of a round brick fireplace. (Monument no.132).

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  The Bischofsmühle in 2008

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  The mill wheels of the pan mill

literature

• Lower Rhine water mills - guide by Hans Vogt
• The Schwalm - Valley of the Mills by Horst Jungblut - Helmut Elstner
• Home book of the city of Wegberg - Compiled by Heinz Cohnen
• Wegberg cultural guide

Web links

Commons : Bischofsmühle Wegberg-Watern  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Stadtmarketing Wegberg (Ed.): Discover Wegberg in the valley of the 24 mills . 2013 ( wegbergermuehlen-leudalmolens.eu [PDF; 2.0 MB ; accessed on February 13, 2016]).
• Mill tour

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/niederrhein-sued/erkelenz/nachrichten/wo-die-mueller-nachbarn-waren-1.689528