Bruckmühle (Schwieberdingen)
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The Bruckmühle is a listed former watermill on the Glems in the Baden-Württemberg community of Schwieberdingen in Germany .
history
Its roots go back to a mill on the site of the current building, which was first mentioned in a document in 1424 in the Württemberg warehouse register as "Mülin located by the footbridge" . Around 1600 the mill was sold to Wilhelm von Nippenburg , who bequeathed it to his daughter Benedicta, who was married to Johann Heinrich von Stockheim. They had the old mill torn down and a manorial mill built in its place. Through succession, the mill came into the possession of the Lords of Waldbrunn , who sold it to the miller Martin Hofmann for 6,400 guilders . After the mill changed hands a few times, Christian Röhm acquired it in 1852. The Brückmühle remained in the possession of the Röhm family until it was closed in 1970.
Christian Röhm's mill had two water wheels: one 3.72 m high and 1.06 m wide and a second 2.86 m high and 1.35 m wide. The Mühlkanal branched off to the left of the Glems was 190 m long. At the beginning of the 20th century, a single medium-sized water wheel was used for the drive , which, with the exception of the 42 wooden blades, was made entirely of iron. It was 6 m high and 1.46 m wide, used a gradient of 2.76 m and delivered 10.3 hp. A petrol engine with 8 HP was added later to support the hydropower. In 1925, Hermann Röhm installed two Francis turbines instead of the water wheel . They were replaced by a Kaplan turbine in 1952 . Milling was stopped in 1970. The last miller was Walter Röhm.
In 1993 the vacant building was bought by the community of Schwieberdingen. In 2003 the municipality had the Bruckmühle converted into a citizens' meeting place for 2.5 million euros, which opened in summer 2004. During the renovation work, a basement level with the Glems from the time the original mill was built around 1400 was discovered. In addition, an old archway with stone carvings and old stone slabs were found during the work. According to an old legend, there is an underground passage from the Nippenburg, a few kilometers south-west, to the mill. It has not yet been discovered.
literature
- Thomas Schulz: Mühlenatlas Baden-Württemberg , Vol. 3 The mills in the Ludwigsburg district , Manfred Hennecke publishing house, 1999, Remshalden-Buoch, ISBN 3-927981-63-X
- Kristina Anger: The underground passage to the Bruckmühle is still waiting to be discovered . In: Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung from September 20, 2008, page 19.
Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '35.53 " N , 9 ° 4' 17.67" O