Egg mill

Egg mill municipality Ostrach Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 31 ″ N , 9 ° 20 ′ 4 ″ E
Height :	584.9 m above sea level NHN
Postal code :	88356
Area code :	07585
	The suburb of Eimühle (May 2016)

Eimühle is a suburb of Weithart , one of eight localities in the Baden-Württemberg community of Ostrach in the Sigmaringen district in Germany .

geography

" Eÿmühl " on a map from 1845

The " Eÿmühl " on a map of the "two-wire Habsthal meadow on the other side of the Ostrach and against Einhart"

The egg mill on the Ostrach

Geographical location

Eimühle is located in the valley of the Ostrach around 5.6 kilometers northwest of the center of Ostrach between the other suburbs Habsthal in the west and Einhart in the southeast.

history

In 1281 a mill of the Habsthal monastery was first mentioned here. In documents it is also called Aiesmyhl , Aichmihle , Eÿmühl and Eymühle .

Miller and owner of the mill

1675: Miller Hans Jörg Bauknecht
until 1781: Müller Knäpple
from 1781: Gerold Neher

From 1839 to 1981 the mill was owned by the Burth family:

1839: Schultheiß and Müller Joseph Burth
1903: Joseph Burth
1937 to 1981: Gustav Burth (1905–1983)

The baroque mill building from 1634, now a listed building, has been inhabited by the Hemberle family since 1985, and they run a pottery here .

Others

The egg mill is one of over a hundred mills on the " Mühlenstraße Oberschwaben ". A small power station uses the Ostrach's hydropower to generate electricity.

literature

Walter Kempe: Bernweiler and the egg mill near Habsthal . In: Hohenzollerischer Geschichtsverein (Hrsg.): Hohenzollerische Heimat, 43rd year, No. 1 / March 1993 . Pp. 2-7.

Web links

Commons : Eimühle - Collection of images, videos and audio files

The sub-town Eimühle near Weithart on the website of the Ostrach community

Individual evidence

^ The localities of Ostrach ; Retrieved February 9, 2015
↑ Top25 Viewer [Top. Map 1: 100000 Baden-Württemberg]
^ Gravestone of the Burth / Neher family in the Habsthaler Friedhof; 17th May 2015
↑ Information from the municipality of Ostrach on the egg mill in the Ostrach Border Stone Museum

[1] The localities of Ostrach ; Retrieved February 9, 2015

[2] Top25 Viewer [Top. Map 1: 100000 Baden-Württemberg]

[3] Gravestone of the Burth / Neher family in the Habsthaler Friedhof; 17th May 2015

[4] Information from the municipality of Ostrach on the egg mill in the Ostrach Border Stone Museum