Dahlmühle (Rodebach)

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Dahlmühle

Dahlmühle in Gangelt

Dahlmühle in Gangelt

Location and history
Dahlmühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Dahlmühle
Coordinates 50 ° 59 '15 "  N , 5 ° 59' 28"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '15 "  N , 5 ° 59' 28"  E
Location Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
District of Heinsberg
Gangelt
Waters Rodebach
Built around 1472
Shut down 1935 End of the oil mill, grain mill a few years later
technology
use Oil and grain mill
Grinder 2 grinding courses 1 oil press
drive Watermill , Francis turbine from 1913
water wheel undershot

The Dahl 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 Dahlmühle is located on the right side of the stream, Zur Dahlmühle 11 in the municipality of Gangelt. The area on which the courtyard and mill building stands is approx. 61 m above sea ​​level . Above is the Mohrenmühle , underneath the Brommler 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 Dahlmühle was first mentioned in a document in 1472. It was a Jülich fiefdom owned by the Junkers of Drimborn. Around 1500 a wood mill “nuwer moelen” appears in the Millen account books, which is probably identical to the Dahlmühle. In the second half of the 18th century, the Dahlmüller was also active as a beer brewer . At the beginning of the 19th century the flour mill was expanded to include an oil press . In 1913 the output of the mill could be increased by installing a Francis turbine . The mill operated as an oil mill until 1935. The flour mill ran a few years longer.

Anchor nails hammered into the mill wall were used to maintain and determine the upper limits of the reservoirs of the drive waters. These measuring points were attached to all mills. For the Dahlmühle, the top water level was 56.44 m above sea level.

gallery

  • The Dahlmühle in Gangelt

  • Residential and farm buildings

  • Decorative entrance area

  • Millstone at the Dahlmühle

  • Information board of the Dahlmühle

  • Tranchot card 1804/05

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pp. 243–245.
  • Wilhelm Pieper: The last mill wheel on the Rodebach home calendar 1995 Heinsberg district p. 158–164
  • State 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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