Hainmühle (Betziesdorf)

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Hainmühle near Betziesdorf
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The Hainmühle is a water mill on the Ohm outside of Betziesdorf , a district of the central Hessian town of Kirchhain in the Marburg-Biedenkopf district . A mill was mentioned for the first time in 1555, the oldest preserved buildings of today's listed complex date from 1730. The operation of the mill, which has been modernized and expanded several times, was stopped in 1961, but the old turbine system is used again to generate electricity.

Previous buildings

For the year 1555 is below the Hunburg the laughter mill occupied. The reason for the notarization is a dispute with the owner of the Ordensmühle upstream in Anzefahr , who dug up the water by the mill. This water law dispute was settled in 1582, and the Lachenmühle was relocated to a lower location on the orders of the Landgrave. The name Heym-Mühle is also used for the first time this year .

Building and operating history

View from the west. The protruding turbine building and the massive basement of the farm building are clearly visible in the foreground.

The oldest surviving buildings date from around 1730, for which two chicken mills located directly one behind the other, each with two undershot water wheels , are known. In 1746 two mills are also documented, one with two grinding courses , the other one with a grinding and a beating course .

By the middle of the 19th century, the businesses were merged, and in 1854 what was now the Hainmühle had two undershot grinding courses and one beater course. From 1905 a turbine was used to drive the grinders ; this system was expanded in 1923, for which water rights were granted separately.

Most of the buildings date from the 19th and 20th centuries, they are right on the banks of the Ohm. Most of these farm buildings have a massive basement. In 1961 the grinding operation was stopped, the water rights for the mill wheels were given up by the owners in 1970.

The Hainmühle has been used for agriculture since it was closed. The turbine system was renewed around the turn of the millennium and has been used to generate electricity ever since. The weir broke in 2002 and was subsequently rebuilt.

For technical and historical reasons, the facility is a listed building.

literature

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c d e Helmuth K. Stoffers: Cultural monuments in Hesse: District of Marburg-Biedenkopf 1. Municipalities of Amöneburg, Kirchhain, Neustadt and Stadtallendorf. Stuttgart 2002, p. 259
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Working group for rural culture: mills between Vogelsberg and Burgwald. Cölbe 2003, p. 82

Coordinates: 50 ° 50 ′ 57 "  N , 8 ° 50 ′ 14.1"  E