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The Gierthmühle on the Tranchot map 1803–1820

The Gierthmühle on the Tranchot map 1803–1820

Location and history
Gierthmühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Yaw mill
Coordinates 51 ° 12 ′ 1 "  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 20"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 12 ′ 1 "  N , 6 ° 28 ′ 20"  E
Location GermanyGermany Germany
Waters Gladbach
Built First mentioned in 1519
Shut down 1980 demolition
technology
use Flour mill
Grinder 1 grind
drive 1 water wheel
water wheel undershot

The Gierthmühle was a water mill with an undershot water wheel on the Gladbach in the city of Mönchengladbach .

geography

The Gierthmühle was located on the left side of the Gladbach, on Gierthmühlenweg. The tube mill was located above, the Compes mill below . The area on which the mill building stood has a height of approx. 46 m above sea ​​level .

Waters

The Gladbach, (GEWKZ 28614), which is also the namesake of the city of Mönchengladbach, has been an important lifeline for centuries. It supplied the residents and a total of eight mills with water and was the origin of the flourishing textile industry in Mönchengladbach. The approximately 6.3 km long Gladbach rises in Waldhausen , crossed the districts of Pesch and Lürrip and flowed into the Niers at Uedding . Today it is mostly piped and flows from Volksbadstraße at 1,904 m as an open channel along the Mönchengladbach – Düsseldorf railway line to the Niers. The catchment area of ​​the body of water is 26.208 km 2 . The care and maintenance of the water is incumbent on NEW AG .

history

The Gierthmühle was first mentioned in 1519. The first known owner was a certain Thewissen who bought the mill in 1674. The Gierthmühle and the Compesmühle located below on the Gladbach were the only Gladbach mills that were in free use, that is, that did not belong to the convent . Only a fee for the use of water was paid to the abbot under state law .

The mill was originally an undershot grain mill that stood on the left bank of the Gladbach. In 1850 an oil press was also installed. When the construction of the sewage treatment plant and the sewerage of the Gladbach began in 1902 , the city bought the water rights . The mill operation was maintained through the conversion to diesel engine and electric drive until 1970. The Gierthmühlenweg is still reminiscent of the mill that was laid down in 1980.

gallery

  • Street sign, Gierthmühlenweg

  • The Gierthmühle on the new record 1891–1912

  • The Gladbach as an open channel

  • Signs show the course of the Gladbach canal

  • The Gladbach flows into the Niers

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide , 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , p. 501.
  • Robert Lünendonk: On the trail of the Gladbach and its mills . 2008, ISBN 3-8375-0030-6 , 1st edition, pp. 64-66
  • Robert Lünendonk: The Niers and their mills . 2012, ISBN 978-3-8375-0741-6 , pp. 66-70.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ http://www.lanuv.nrw.de/fileadmin/lanuv/wasser/pdf/Gewaesserverzeichnis%20GSK3C.xls