Blumer's mill
The Blümer mill was from the time of the Middle Ages derived watermill on the Werra in southern Lower Saxony Hann. Münden , which was demolished in the 20th century. It belonged to the settlement of Blume as a historical suburb of the former Mündens and is named after it.
history
The Blümer Mühle was outside the medieval town of Münden on the opposite bank of the Werra. In order to operate the mill, a weir was created in the river to dammed the water. The Blumer Mühle belonged to the historic suburb of Blume, which for a long time consisted of a double-sided row of houses along the street parallel to the Werra. Blume was connected to Münden via the old Werra bridge built in the 13th century . The mill is mentioned for the first time in 1329 in a document from Hilwartshausen Abbey, which provided a plot of land there for the construction of the Heilig Geist Hospital, which no longer exists today . The mill was owned by the Guelph dukes. In 1398 the Blümer Mühle is mentioned in the tax book of the Welfenschloss Münden . According to the records, there were three mills in the village at that time: the Blümer Mühle, the Graumühle and the Werdermühle on the Tanzwerder . From 1489 to 1491 the Blümer Mühle was a pawn for a loan that Duke Wilhelm the Younger had received from the city of Münden.
According to a head tax list from 1689, 12 people belonged to the mill. This included the miller and his family as well as servants and maids . In the course of history, the mill has been repaired many times, including complete renovations. In 1750 the external hydraulic engineering systems were so desolate that floods and ice could have torn them away. In 1751 the facilities were restored. The miller family Hesse leased the mill from 1738 to 1818. In 1821 it was taken over by the miller Johann Heinrich Apell as the new tenant. In 1823 he renewed the external hydraulic engineering and built three grinding tunnels inside , which considerably improved the mill's performance.
In 1837, the Hanover Domain Chamber, as the owner of the mill, approved the extension of a building for a further grinding process. This was necessary because of the increased demand and the supply of wheat flour to America. Later came the decline of the mill due to competition from the Mündener Graumühle on the Fulda . From the second half of the 19th century, this water mill was turbine-driven and converted into an industrial mill.
In the 19th century, the Blümer Mühle was a popular motif among draftsmen and painters. Karl Runge, the last mill tenant, closed it down in 1913. In 1964 the buildings were demolished when the B 80 was expanded. In 2011, a hydropower plant called Blumer Wehr was built at the former location of the watermill , which contributes to the local electricity supply. The two installed hydropower screws work according to the Archimedean screw principle and, according to the operator, cover the annual requirements of around 500 people.
literature
- Johann Dietrich von Pezold: The Blümer Mühle. In: History on the Three Rivers. A glimpse into the past of the city of Hann. Münden on the Werra, Fulda and Weser. Hann. Münden, 2008, pp. 107-109
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Helmut Krischmann: Snails generate electricity at Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine from August 25, 2011.
- ↑ Hann. Münden: Test run for hydropower plant at Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine on March 21, 2011.
Coordinates: 51 ° 25 ′ 11.5 ″ N , 9 ° 39 ′ 8.4 ″ E