Hein's mill

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Hein's mill
Mill wheel made of iron

Hein's Mühle , also called Neumühle, is a water mill on the Brexbach in Sayn , whose beginnings are believed to be in the middle of the 16th century. It was probably originally an oil mill.

In the years 1806 to 1813, Count Clemens Wenzeslaus von Boos-Waldeck (1773–1842), as the owner at the time, had it converted into a tobacco mill and in 1816 into a grain mill.

Owned by the Hein family since 1898

After three changes of ownership, including Prince Ludwig zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg (1799–1866), the married couple Paul and Elisabeth Hein from Seifrodau in Silesia in 1898 bought the mill that was later named after them and built it into a mill complex with a modern grinding system at the time out. Among other things, the miller replaced the wooden mill wheel with a 1.40 meter wide and 3.80 meter diameter iron wheel with 48 blades. In addition, a residential building with a bakery was built. In 1924 Hein leased the bakery to the baker Peter Geisbüsch from Roes and only managed the mill. He died on May 27, 1935.

End of milling operations in April 1961

At the end of 1958, the grinding operation in Hein's Mühle was largely ceased and finally in April 1961. The widow Elisabeth Hein handed the property over to her children, who sold it to Werner and Käthelies Geisbüsch. In 1982 the buildings were supposed to be demolished, but were placed under monument protection. In December 1984 the 21-year-old master baker Werner Kleudgen bought the mill and in February 1985 opened a café opposite. However, repairing the mill turned out to be too time-consuming and expensive for him.

Restoration and opening as a mill museum

Flour filling

In 1986 the city of Bendorf bought Hein's Mühle. In the following years, three “Sayner mill men” worked on the object so that “children don't just get to know mills from books.” The most difficult measure in 1987 was to replace the rotten corrugated tree of the mill wheel inside the building. The new corrugated tree made from a log has a diameter of 50 centimeters and is 2.80 meters long.

In August 1987 the mill, supervised by the “Förderkreis Hein's Mühle”, was opened as a mill museum with a fully functional grinding process and is open to interested parties on Sundays and on request on other days. According to the support group, in the first two months after the opening 1517 “officially” counted visitors came. On May 8, 1990, the "Sayner mill men" Fritz Bode , Franz Lenßen and Emil Holler were awarded the coat of arms of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. In 1995 they received the culture award of the city of Bendorf.

Web links

Commons : Hein's Mühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The history of the Heins mill in brief . In: Rhein-Zeitung.de . Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b c d Hein’s Mühle, history . Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  3. ↑ a b Peter Siebenmorgen: Without the noise, the miller couldn't sleep . In: Heimatjahrbuch 1989 of the Mayen-Koblenz district, pp. 79–82. Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  4. ↑ See the Mayen-Koblenz monument list . Retrieved March 14, 2020.
  5. ↑ History on heins-muehle.de

Coordinates: 50 ° 26 '  N , 7 ° 35'  E