Eschollmühle
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 48 '54 " N , 8 ° 38' 31" E | |
| Location | Darmstadt-Eberstadt | |
| Waters | Mühlgraben on the Modau | |
| Built | 1563 | |
| Shut down | 1972 | |
| technology | ||
| use | Flour mill | |
| Grinder | two grinds | |
| drive | Watermill | |
| water wheel | undershot | |
The Eschollmühle is a listed former watermill in Darmstadt-Eberstadt in Hesse, built in the 16th century .
History and description
The Eschollmühle was built in 1563 by the customs officer Adam Wambolt, who raised the guilder wine tariff . The grain mill - the westernmost of the Eberstädter mills - had two grinding aisles. The mill is in the lowlands and therefore had an undershot mill wheel . Over the centuries the mill was destroyed and rebuilt several times. It was shut down in 1972. The mills technology no longer exists.
The aggregate includes:
- the two-storey main mill building with a massive ground floor
- the half-timbered gable of the main mill building
- the voluminous half-timbered barn with a massive ground floor
- the wall framing the mill area with the narrow outbuildings nestling inside on massive wooden posts (some of which are elevated)
- a small building above the Mühlgraben
- the Mühlgraben with weir on the Modau
The corner post on the main mill building is decorated with an artistic carving in the form of a tree of life with the date : Anno 1686 .
Monument protection
Today the mill is used exclusively for residential purposes. For architectural, industrial and urban history reasons, the building is a cultural monument .
literature
- Günter Fries et al .: City of Darmstadt. (= Monument topography Federal Republic of Germany , cultural monuments in Hesse .) Vieweg, Braunschweig 1994, ISBN 3-528-06249-5 , p. 624.