Hüstermühle

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Hüstermühle

Former pond of the Hüstermühle

Former pond of the Hüstermühle

Location and history
Hüstermühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Hüstermühle
Coordinates 51 ° 14 ′ 48 "  N , 6 ° 24 ′ 20"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 ′ 48 "  N , 6 ° 24 ′ 20"  E
Location Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
District of Viersen
City of Viersen
Waters Hammer Bach
Built First mentioned in 1246
Shut down 1970 Demolition of the mill
technology
use Grain mill
Grinder 1 grind
drive Watermill
water wheel undershot

The Hüstermühle in the town of Viersen was a water mill with an undershot water wheel .

Mills in Viersen

In the past centuries there were a total of 18 mills in the municipality of Viersen. Four of them were used as hammer mills . These were operated by horse power. There were also two windmills , the Hoser and Hüsterfeld windmills , both of which were privately owned.

It was different with the watermills. The pen St. Gereon in Cologne had the basic rule of Viersen and the water rights on the streams in Viersen. The construction of watermills required his approval. The monastery granted mill rights as a hereditary fiefdom and received an annual tenancy from them. This had to be delivered to the parish office of St. Remigius. These documents show that there were twelve water mills in Viersen as early as 1246. All mills, with the exception of the monastery mill , paid a sum (about one hundredweight) of malt annually as loan interest. In the glory of Viersen there was no pressure to mill . All farmers could have milled wherever they wanted.

These twelve mills were on:

geography

The Hüstermühle was located on Hammer Bach on the corner of Bachstrasse and Hammer Kirchweg, in the Viersen-Hamm district in the town of Viersen, in the Viersen district. There was a pond in front of the mill . The water level of the Hammer Bach in this area was 41 m above sea level. Below the Hüstermühle was the Hammer Mühle, above the Bongartzmühle.

The Hammer Bach supplied six mills with water for centuries. The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the water and soil association of the Middle Niers, which is based in Grefrath .

history

The Hüstermühle, also sometimes called "Hostermühle", was privately owned by the St. Gereon monastery. The single-speed grain mill was driven by an undershot water wheel. In 1809 the daily grind capacity of the mill was eight Malter grain (one Malter = three hundredweight). It was in operation until the First World War . Subsequently, a rag-tearing shop and temporarily a file grinding shop were located on the property. In 1970 the mill was closed.

gallery

  • Hammer Bach on Bachstrasse

  • Mühlenteich today retaining jaws

  • Tranchot map from 1806

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pp. 511-523.
  • Ferdinand Dohr: About the water being in the old Viersen. In: Heimatbuch des Kreis Kempen-Krefeld , 25th episode / 1974, pp. 47–55.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the water and soil association of the Middle Niers.