Post mill Liebenburg
The post mill in the Lehmkuhle in Liebenburg was a post mill from the 19th century that was destroyed by fire in May 2012. At last it had two sails and two louvre sashes.
history
The mill was probably built in Immenrode between 1840 and 1860 . It stood there on Mühlenweg, which leads from Weddingen to Immenrode, and was then called "Schraders Windmühle". In 1889 the miller Gustav Tappe had it dismantled and moved to Liebenburg.
Before this move, she had only had two grinding cycles, a roller mill with elevator and centrifugal sifter from the Wetzig company in Wittenberg was added. In the first decades of the 20th century the mill was modernized again. There were two stone entrances, two roller mills, two sifting machines, a squeezing chair , a peeling and brushing machine, a flour mixer and five elevators. Later a diesel engine was added as an auxiliary drive, which was housed in the housing of the trestle. A running track was laid around the trestle on which rollers ran, by means of which the codend wall - the control bar of post windmills is called the codend or sterz - of the mill was supported. This was to prevent the heavy mill box from sinking into the ground, which could have led to a tilt.
The post mill was operated commercially until the 1970s, after which the owner Heinrich Minning used it for grinding for his own needs. His heirs restored the windmill from 1991 onwards. They installed a pair of sail blades from the windmill in Wichtringhausen . In 1993 the pair of opposing wings was renewed with blinds. In 2010, a Venetian blind was destroyed by hurricane Xynthia and subsequently repaired by the owners.
In the morning hours of May 19, 2012, the mill was completely destroyed by a fire. In the course of the investigation of the cause of the fire , arson is assumed. The owners stated a value of 1.5 million euros for the post mill. Since the mill was not insured, reconstruction seems unlikely.
Sightseeing opportunities and events
The mill could be visited by arrangement. She has participated in the German Milling Day since the 1990s . On this occasion, the parish of Liebenburg celebrated an ecumenical service at the windmill every year, depending on the weather. The mill was on the Lower Saxony Mill Road .
literature
- Wilhelm Kleeberg: Liebenburg in: Niedersächsische Mühlengeschichte , 1978, Hanover, Schlütersche, p. 381
- Rüdiger Hagen: Historical mills and their technology , Leipzig 2004, ISBN 978-3826208225 , p. 78
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.muehlen-dgm-ev.de/pages/Detailed/747.php ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - According to this page, the mill was only sold to Gustav Tappe in 1890, while Hagen dates the implementation to 1889.
- ↑ Operation info: fire operation. (No longer available online.) Liebenburg volunteer fire department, archived from the original on February 1, 2016 ; Retrieved May 19, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The emblem is lost in flames. , Goslarsche Zeitung of May 19, 2012
- ↑ a b Andreas Gereke: Post mill: Investigators find a lighter near the fire ruin. , Goslarsche Zeitung of May 22, 2012
- ↑ Andreas Gereke: Post mill: fire detection dog strikes at beams. , Goslarsche Zeitung of May 25, 2012
- ↑ Andreas Gereke: Reconstruction of the Liebenburg post mill appears illusory. , | Goslarsche Zeitung of May 21, 2012
Coordinates: 52 ° 1 ′ 43.4 " N , 10 ° 26 ′ 47.2" E