Brommler Mill

Brommler Mühle in Mindergangelt

Location and history

Coordinates

50 ° 59 ′ 1 ″ N , 5 ° 58 ′ 30 ″ E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 1 ″ N , 5 ° 58 ′ 30 ″ E

Location

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

District of Heinsberg

Gangelt

Waters

Rodebach

Built

first mentioned around 1317

Shut down

1920 end of the oil mill, 1940 end of the grain mill

technology

use

Oil and grain mill

Grinder

2 grinding courses 1 oil press

drive

Watermill

water wheel

undershot

Website

Website of the Brommler Mühle

The Brommler mill is a former on Rodebach preferred water mill with an undershot waterwheel in Gangelt , a rural community in North Rhine-Westphalia Heinsberg district .

geography

The Brommler Mühle is located on the right side of the stream, Schinvelder Straße 51 in the district of Mindergangelt in the municipality of Gangelt. The area on which the courtyard and mill building stands is approx. 58 m above sea level . Neighboring mills are above the Dahlmühle and below the Etzenrather Mühle .

Waters

Up until the last century, the Rodebach supplied fourteen mills with water. The stream begins at a retention basin near Siepenbusch in the town of Übach-Palenberg at an altitude of 105 m above sea level. The Rodebach has a length of 28.9 km to its confluence with the Geleenbeek near Oud-Roosteren in the Netherlands . The mouth height is 29 m above sea level. The care and maintenance of the Rodebach and its tributaries is subject to the respective neighboring cities and communities. → See also Rodebach

history

The first mention of the Brommler mill can be found in the year 1317/27 in a description of the place in the Gangelter town book. In addition to this name, they were also called "Stegermühle" or "Steiger Moelen". This is how it is named in the Tranchot map from 1804/05. The Brommler mill was originally a flour mill , which in the 19th century with an oil drums and a pug mill was equipped. The stones of the pan mill can still be found on the property today. The oil mill ceased operations in 1920, the grain mill worked until 1940. Today the Brommler mill has been converted into a country inn.

gallery

Brommler Mühle in Mindergangelt
former mill building
Millstone and Transparent
Rodebach near the Brommler mill
Tranchot card 1804/05

literature

Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pp. 244 + 247.
Wilhelm Pieper: The last mill wheel on the Rodebach. In: Heimatkalender 1995. Kreis Heinsberg, pp. 158–164.
Land survey office of North Rhine-Westphalia topographic map. 1:50 000 L 5102 Geilenkirchen and L 5000 Selfkant, ISBN 3-89439-417-X .

Web links

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