Einbacher mill
The Einbacher Mühle is a historic mill in Einbach , a district of Buchen in the Neckar-Odenwald district in northern Baden-Württemberg . The mill had been owned by ten generations of the Münch family since the middle of the 17th century, with two wayside shrines by the mill and another in the area.
history
When the Einbacher Mühle was first built in the upper Elz valley is unknown. In any case, it did not come into being until some time after the Einbach clearing settlement that emerged in the 10th or 11th century. As the 1306 introduction to a place belonged to the a Mühlkanal the waterwheel powered led water of the Elz Einbacher mill west of the town once the monastery Amorbach , in the land register of 1395 it was first mentioned. A miller was first mentioned by name with Hans Künn in 1506. He and the millers who followed him in the 16th and 17th centuries were farmers on one of the Einbach farms and only operated the mill as a sideline.
In 1649, Michel Münch († after 1668) was the first to mention the Müller family, who owns the mill to the present day. After the death of Michel's son Veit Münch, his widow married an Andreas Volk, who lived in the mill around 1680 and was mentioned in connection with several criminal cases. Around 1700, Veit's son Konrad Münch († 1716) significantly expanded the milling business and, together with the carpenter Simon Baier, also built the cutting mill located on the opposite bank of the Elz in the district of Laudenberg , which was partially owned by the family until the 19th century. however it was run by the Baier family as a carpenter's workshop. After Konrad Münch's death, his widow gave the Einbach farm to his daughter and son-in-law, so that Konrad's son Stephan Münch was the first full-time miller on the mill. The ornate doorframe from 1726 goes back to him, which has been preserved at the mill (after renovation at a no longer original location). His son Jörg (Georg) Münch had a wayside shrine set up by the mill in 1760 . Another wayside shrine from 1836 commemorates the fatal accident of the 24-year-old miller's son Johannes Valentin Münch, great-grandson of Jörg Münch, whose chest was crushed by a cutting block.
An investigation report has been received from 1780 which describes the catchment area of the Einbacher Mühle with Einbach, Laudenberg, Oberneudorf and Langenelz . The mill probably consisted of several buildings. In 1825 there was a barn and a building used as a day laborer's apartment in addition to the house with grinding mill, which was renovated in 1795 . The latter was renewed in 1827.
In 1865 Franz Joseph Münch acquired the entire granulator, but suffered bankruptcy in 1867 and fled the country. In the same year, his brother Ludwig Münch was able to consolidate the family finances through an advantageous wedding. For the time being, the cutting mill remained in the family's possession as the old miller's retirement home and Ludwig ran the Einbacher Mühle before he sold the remote homestead to his younger brother Johann Michael Münch in 1876 because of his wife's impending sadness. His son Johann Joseph Münch followed him, but died early of heart failure, which is remembered by another wayside shrine at the place where he died between Heidersbach and Waldhausen .
When the Müller family died out with Herbert Münch, who was missing in World War II , his sister Ida Münch († 2004) married the distantly related businessman Wilhelm Münch from Einbach. Ida and Wilhelm Münch were the last residents of the family. The mill has a new owner.
literature
- Bernd Fischer: The Einbacher Mühle in 700 years Einbach - From monastery village to residential community , Buchen 2006
Coordinates: 49 ° 29 ′ 10.4 " N , 9 ° 13 ′ 52.6" E