Gründleinsmühle
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 52 ′ 20 " N , 10 ° 15 ′ 15" E | |
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| Waters | Volkach | |
| Built | Late 16th century | |
| Status | commercial operation | |
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| use | Flour mill | |
| Grinder | 1906 two turbines instead of a water wheel | |
| drive | Watermill | |
| Website | www.gruendleinsmuehle.de | |
The Gründleinsmühle (also Paulusmühle) is a grain mill in Obervolkach in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen . It is located on the Volkachbach and has been operated continuously since early modern times.
history
The Gründleinsmühle was first mentioned at the end of the 16th century. Because of "the newly started mill (...)" the council of the municipality of Obervolkach held a meeting on July 21, 1589. A new mill was usually associated with a drop in sales for the existing businesses. On October 16, 1593, the community complained to Gründleinsmüller. This had dammed the stream and flooded the other mills .
In the 16th century there were frequent water disputes as the population grew. In the 17th century the Gründleinsmühle was no longer mentioned; it did not appear again in the sources until December 18, 1745. The miller Peter Rösner had dug a new brook and thus caused great damage to the Volkacher Herrenmühle . He was obliged to fill the brook again.
In 1773 the mill appears in the springs as Paulusmühle. In 1874 it was acquired by Georg Schmitt, who reversed the name. From then on it was called Gründleinsmühle again. Schmitt also succeeded in converting the mill from a wage mill into a commercial mill . Schmitt now also supplied the bakeries and milk shops in the area.
When Karl Englert from Grünsfeld in Baden married into the family of the then Gründleinsmüller in 1905, the modernization of the company continued. A year later, in 1906, two turbines were purchased to replace the old water wheel. After Karl Englert's death in 1928, his son took over the mill. The Second World War did not close the mill. Today it is run by Jürgen Englert.
technology
After a water wheel had driven the mill for centuries , it was replaced by two turbines in 1906 . In 1913 the installation of roller mills and followed sifters that made grinding even more effective. As early as 1923 a truck was bought to replace the horse and cart. Two years later, in 1925, a grain store was added. From then on, the grain could be stored longer.
After the Second World War, the Englert family tore down the old mill building and built a new one. In addition, silos and large workshops were built on the Volkachbach between 1952 and 1954 . In 1958 the production was expanded to include animal feed in order to be able to better utilize the by-products of the flour process. In addition, flour premixes were offered for bakeries in the 1980s.
Today the mill offers a diverse range of products. In addition to the classic bakery products made from wheat , rye and spelled , the Gründleinsmühle produces animal feed in its own concentrate plant. In addition to products for horses, various fish feed preparations are made in loose and pressed form. There is also feed for poultry, rabbits, roe deer and deer .
See also
literature
- Ute Feuerbach: Water use in ancient times: the grain mills in Volkach . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Our Main Loop. 1993-2007 . Volkach 2008. pp. 329-338.
- Erika Stadler: On the trail of Volkach's town mills . In: Ute Feuerbach (Ed.): Our Main Loop. 1978-1992 . Volkach 2008. pp. 279-291.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadler, Erika: In the footsteps of the Volkach town mills . P. 287.
- ↑ a b Stadler, Erika: On the trail of the Volkach town mills . P. 289.
- ↑ Gründleinsmühle.de: Bakery products, animal feed , accessed on November 26, 2016.