Brempter mill

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Brempter mill

Brempter mill

Brempter mill

Location and history
Brempter Mühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Brempter mill
Coordinates 51 ° 12 '53 "  N , 6 ° 13' 9"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 12 '53 "  N , 6 ° 13' 9"  E
Location Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
District of Viersen
Niederkrüchten
Waters Schwalm
Built First mentioned in 1575
Shut down 1895 cessation of grinding operations
technology
use Oil and grain mill
Grinder 3 grinding courses 2 oil presses
drive Watermill
water wheel 2 pieces undershot

The Brempter Mühle in Niederkrüchten is a water mill with at times two undershot water wheels.

geography

The Brempter Mühle is located on the left side of the Schwalm on Brückenstraße in the Brempt district in the municipality of Niederkrüchten in the Viersen district . There is a large pond in front of the mill . Above the Brempter Mühle is the Radermühle , below the Mühlrath Mühle. The water level is 46 m above sea level.

The Brempter Mühle is located on the middle course of the Schwalm, which has its source in Genhof , a district of the town of Erkelenz .

history

The Brempter Mühle was first mentioned in 1575 and belonged to the Brempt Castle of the Counts of Bylandt. It is known from the 16th century that the miller of the Brempter Mühle had to deliver oil to both the parish church of Niederkrüchten and the Brempter chapel .

From later times in the 19th century it is known that the mill had two water wheels and that two oil presses and three grinding stages were driven. Around 1895 the mill operation is completely stopped. A restaurant has been in operation for about 80 years . In 1998 the mill building was extensively restored for residential use. An iron water wheel with 40 blades and remnants of the mill technology that was renewed a few years ago are still preserved.

Monument entry

The entire Brempter Mühle facility was built in the mid-19th century. It consists of the two structures described below: a) open, four-winged courtyard, two-storey residential building in 5 axes with blue stone door walls and sills, crooked hip roof ; b) Mill building, brick, 2-storey, one side plastered, the rear mill wheel . The state of preservation is good.

For ethnological reasons, there is a public interest in the maintenance and use of the entire complex, as the buildings are important for the history and development of working and production conditions. (List of monuments No. 7)

gallery

  • Street side of the mill building

  • Water wheel with 40 blades

  • Pan mill as a piece of jewelry

  • Millstone at the entrance

  • upstream mill pond

  • Tranchot map from 1806

  • Ferrari map from 1777

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. Krefeld 1998, pages 443-444.
  • Horst Jungbluth, Helmuth Elsner: The Schwalm - valley of the mills. Schwalmtal 1989, pages 51-53.

Web links

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

Individual evidence