Brüggener mill

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Brüggener mill

The Brüggener mill in the background the castle tower

The Brüggener mill in the background the castle tower

Location and history
Brüggener Mühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Brüggener mill
Coordinates 51 ° 14 '23 "  N , 6 ° 11' 9"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '23 "  N , 6 ° 11' 9"  E
Location Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
District of Viersen
Brüggen municipality
Waters Schwalm
Built 1289 contractual mention
Shut down 1955, then expansion as a restaurant
technology
use Oil and grain mill
Grinder 1 grind 1 oil press
drive Watermill
water wheel at times 2 pieces, undershot
Website altebrueggenermuehle.de

The Brüggener Mühle is a watermill in Brüggen with an undershot water wheel .

geography

The Brüggener Mühle is located on the lower reaches of the Schwalm in the immediate vicinity of the castle in Brüggen in the Viersen district . Above is the Vennmühle , below the Dilborn mill . The water level of the Schwalm in this area is 40 m above sea level.

history

Because of its proximity to Brüggen Castle , the Brüggener Mühle was also called the Burgmühle. This is what it says in a contract dated December 24, 1289, in which Count Walram v. Kessel placed his eastern estates and with them Brüggen Castle under the protection of the Duke of Brabant . The Brüggener Burgmühle was explicitly mentioned. It is the first written mention. By inheritance, Walram's fortune fell to the Duke of Jülich in 1304 . The count's mill developed into a ducal mill.

All subjects in Brüggen, Bracht and Boisheim were obliged to have mills in Brüggen, with the exception of the tenants of St. Pantaleon. The local windmill was responsible for the residents of the city of Dülken . The agreement between the Brüggen watermill and the Dülkener windmill was that in the event of disruptions (little wind or little water) one would take over the meal from the other.

In 1804 the mill , which had been confiscated by France , was sold to the administrator. His heirs sold the mill in 1815 to the merchant and "mill collector" Johann Heinrich Printzen. Besides a windmill, it was the third watermill he owned. At that time the mill had two water wheels, an oil press and a grinder for grain . After it was closed in 1955, it was converted into a restaurant, which also houses the grinder . Today's iron water wheel is not just a showpiece, because it drives an electric generator .

gallery

  • Mill building with water wheel

  • "Old Brüggener Mühle" banner

  • The water wheel

  • Old millstone at the entrance

  • Grinders in the restaurant

  • rare advertising vehicle

  • Tranchot map from 1806

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. Krefeld 1998, pages 449-450.
  • Horst Jungbluth, Helmuth Elsner: The Schwalm - valley of the mills. Schwalmtal 1989, pages 61-63.

Web links

Commons : Brüggener Mühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence