German Society for Milling Knowledge and Mill Preservation
German Society for Milling Science and Mill Preservation (DGM) |
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purpose | Preservation of historical mills in Germany , research into the development of the mill system |
Chair: | Erhard Jahn (President) |
Establishment date: | 1987 |
Number of members: | 3000 |
Seat : | Petershagen |
Website: | www.muehlen-dgm.de |
The German Society for Milling Knowledge and Mill Conservation e. V. , DGM for short , is the umbrella organization for mill customers in Germany. The society, to which the DGM regional associations as well as local mill associations and mill friends belong, was founded on October 24, 1987 in Minden ( East Westphalia ) as a registered association and is based in Petershagen - Frille near Minden.
aims
The initiator of the establishment was Wilhelm Brepohl . According to the articles of association, its primary goals and tasks include the maintenance of windmills and water mills as well as research into the development of the mill industry . The DGM endeavors to make the importance of mills as technical cultural monuments clear, to convey their history to a broader public and to advocate the professional maintenance and use of historical mills as witnesses to the history of technology.
German mill day
The DGM has organized the German Mill Day (DMT) every year on Whit Monday since 1994 . Over 1000 participating windmills and water mills are open for tours nationwide.
The German Mill Day grew out of the Lower Saxony Mill Day and the District Mill Day on the Westphalian Mill Road .
periodical
The periodical Der Mühlstein , published for Lower Saxony and Bremen since 1985 and nationwide since 1988, is the official member magazine of the DGM. It appears four times a year.
Regional associations
The following state associations and regional associations belong to the DGM:
- Schleswig-Holstein / Hamburg : Association for the preservation of windmills and water mills in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg
- Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania : Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mill Association
- Lower Saxony / Bremen : Lower Saxony-Bremen Mill Association
- Saxony-Anhalt : Working group mills Saxony-Anhalt
- Berlin / Brandenburg : Mill Association Berlin-Brandenburg
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North Rhine-Westphalia :
- Westphalian-Lippe Mill Association
- Mill association in the Minden-Lübbecke district
- Rhenish Mill Association
- Mill Association Rhein-Erft-Rur
- Westphalian-Lippe Mill Association
- Hessen : Hessian state association for the preservation and use of mills
- Thuringia : Thuringian state association for mill maintenance and mill knowledge
- Saxony : Saxon Mill Association
- Rhineland-Palatinate / Saarland : DGM regional association Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland
- Bavaria : Bavarian regional association for mill knowledge and mill maintenance
- Baden-Württemberg : DGM state association Baden-Württemberg
literature
- Philipp Oppermann, Torsten Rüdinger; German society for mill customer and mill maintenance (Hrsg.): Small mill customer. German history of technology from the friction stone to the industrial mill . Terra Press, Berlin / Potsdam 2010, ISBN 978-3-9811626-7-7 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Mühlenvereinigung Niedersachsen-Bremen: Mühlenland Niedersachsen. Retrieved April 21, 2010 .
- ^ Mühlenvereinigung Niedersachsen-Bremen and DGM: The millstone. Retrieved April 21, 2010 .
- ^ Association for the Preservation of Windmills and Watermills in Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg
- ^ Mühlenverein Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- ↑ Lower Saxony-Bremen Mill Association