Bommers Mill

Bommers Mill
The Bommers Mill once stood at this place
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 0 '56 "  N , 6 ° 10' 49"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '56 "  N , 6 ° 10' 49"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Heinsberg
Waters	worm
Built	1609
Shut down	1945
technology
use	Grinding mill
Grinder	1 grind
drive	1 water wheel
water wheel	undershot

The Bommers Mühle was a water mill with an undershot water wheel on the Wurm in the city of Heinsberg in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The Bommers mill had its location on the left side of the worm at the Bush Street, in the district Randerath in the town of Heinsberg. The plot of land on which the mill building stood is approx. 53 m above sea ​​level . The mill was in the immediate vicinity of the Randerather oil mill . Above stood the Müllendorfer mill , below the Porselener mill since 1799 .

Waters

The worm supplied numerous mills with water over a river length of 53 km. The source of the worm is south of Aachen at 265 m above sea level. The confluence with the Rur is in the town of Kempen in the town of Heinsberg at 32 m above sea level. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, worm straightening was carried out. The curving, now and then meandering course of the river disappeared in favor of a simple route . The river length shortened and the flow speed increased. For many people the flood protection improved , for the mills it was the end. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water body with a catchment area of 355.518 km ² .

history

In 1608, the lordly mill in Kleinsiersdorf was destroyed by a lightning strike . That was the reason to build a new mill as a fruit mill opposite the Randerath oil mill in 1609 . Both mills were dependent on the same weir and were dependent on each other. Nevertheless, the mills were leased separately and had to share the compulsory meal of the city and the Kirspel Randerath . Later the mill also had an additional oil press . The mill building was the year 1754. In the 19th century the production of fertilizer Nordic feldspar ground in the mineral mill. The mill was destroyed in the Second World War . Today there is a parking lot at the former location .

gallery

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  Info stone for altitude information

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  The mill was near the Buschtor (city gate)

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  The Bommers Mill once stood where the compass rose is

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  The course of the worm in Randerath on Buschstrasse

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  Randerath with mill symbol on the first recording from 1846

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  Randerath with mill symbol on the new recording from 1892

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  Randerath with mill symbol on the tranchot card 1805/1807

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pages 295-296.
• Ms. Haubrock: The mills of the former Randerath office, home calendar of the Selfkant district Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg 1961, pages 25–29.

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

Commons : Bommers Mühle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
3. ↑ Archive link ( Memento from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
4. ↑ http://www.wver.de/