Broicher mill
Broicher mill
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Coordinates | 50 ° 51 '15 " N , 6 ° 10' 14" E | |
Location | Germany | |
Waters | Broicher Bach | |
Built | before 1683 | |
Shut down | around 1925 | |
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use | Grinding mill | |
Grinder | 1 grind | |
drive | Watermill | |
water wheel | undershot |
The Broicher Mühle was a watermill on the Broicher Bach in the city of Alsdorf in the North Rhine-Westphalian city region of Aachen in the administrative district of Cologne .
geography
The Broicher Mühle was located on Broicher Bach, in the Broich district in the city of Alsdorf in the Aachen city region. It was at a height of approx. 152 m above sea level . In front of the mill was the large Broich pond. The Broich mill was the first mill in the Broichbachtal only about 1000 m from the two springs . The Kranentalsmühle was located below the Broicher Mühle .
Waters
The sources of the Broicher Bach with a height of 174 m above sea level are now located in a rain retention basin between the streets In der Dell and Holzweg in the Linden-Neusen district of the city of Würselen. The creek with a length of 8.2 km is a tributary of the Wurm and flows to the north in a westerly direction through the area of the city of Alsdorf and then to the city of Herzogenrath. In the road area An der Wurm / Apolloniastraße the Broicher Bach flows into the Wurm at a height of 106 m above sea level at km 35.0. A reservoir , located about 500 meters above the mouth in the Broichbachtal recreational area, regulates the flow of water from the Broich Bach into the Wurm. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water .
history
The Broicher Mühle, which was located at the large Broicher Weiher, was a grinding mill that belonged to a mill yard that cultivated 36 acres of land in addition to meadows , bends and tree gardens . This emerges from a list of assets from 1683. The exact year of construction of the mill is not known. The mill used to belong to the Broich fiefdom in Cologne , a knight's seat that dates back to the 12th century. Before 1500 the estate and mill came to the family v. Zweibrüggen, 1649 through marriage to the family v. Bell. In 1817 the mill was separated from the manor and passed to the family v. Negri on Zweibrüggen , which they leased to Peter Offergeld, the leaseholder of the Kellersberger mill . After the First World War , the mill was shut down. The pond is still the starting point and destination of many hikes through the Broichbachtal nature reserve.
gallery
literature
- Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pp. 269-271
Web links
- Nature Conservation Association Aachen
- Euregio in the picture
- Watermills on the worm ; Section: Watermills on the Broicher Bach
- The Broichbachtal , in Wolfgang Voigt: Nature in Alsdorf - a natural history walk