Hellersmühle (Dettelbach)
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| Coordinates | 49 ° 48 '4 " N , 10 ° 8' 2" E | |
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| Waters | Bibergauer Mühlbach | |
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| use | Flour mill | |
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The Hellersmühle (also Wetterichsmühle , Desert Mühle , Alte Mühle ) is a former grain mill in Dettelbach in Lower Franconia . It is located on the Bibergauer Mühlbach in the west of the old town at Nachtigallenstraße 35. The mill is one of the so-called twelve mills around the city.
history
The Hellersmühle is one of the oldest facilities in the Dettelbach district . The mill was first mentioned in a document in 1548 as the "Wetterichs- or Alte Mühle". In 1591 the Hellersmühle was one of the four mills that were "against Bibergau ", that is, on the Bibergauer Mühlbach. An explicit name for the mill did not appear at the time. During the Middle Ages, the Johanniterkloster in Würzburg may have held the fiefdom of the Hellersmühle.
In the 16th century the mill was the subject of a dispute between the barons of Fronhöfen , who had the Mühlbach relocated, and the Order of St. John . Due to the lack of water, the mill could no longer be operated and the monastery suffered great economic damage. Only a decree by the Würzburg prince-bishop led to a new relocation of the stream.
The name Hellersmühle first appeared in a document from 1638. At that time, Peter Heller ran the mill and gave it its future name. During the Thirty Years War the Hellersmühle burned down twice and could not be rebuilt immediately because of the chaos of the war. From then on, the fields around the ruins were referred to as "near the burned down or desolate mill".
After the first destruction, the owner of the mill had borrowed a total of 570 guilders from the German rulers of Würzburg in order to be able to speed up the reconstruction. Shortly afterwards the plant burned again and the money was lost. Therefore, the German rulers had to be included in future plans. The mill then came into the possession of the town of Dettelbach, which in 1651 also paid the debts of the late miller Anton Hön.
The rebuilding of the mill was completed by 1706 at the latest. In 1777, prized one the mill to 375 guilders, which she was one of the smaller mills to Dettelbach. At the beginning of the 19th century, a Wilz from Werneck owned the mill and litigated against the city of Dettelbach, which had acquired and piped several springs near the mill. In 1908, the dismantling of the former milling equipment began. In 1890 the owners were still Messrs Döppler, Toll and Wilz.
Description and technology
The old mill buildings have largely been preserved and are classified as architectural monuments by the Bavarian State Office for the Preservation of Monuments . The former main and mill building dates from around 1800, although older components still exist. It is a two-story quarry stone building with a half-hip . The remise belonging to the mill is a single-storey saddle roof structure that was built at the same time as the main building. The old mill had two grinders and one shotgun.
A votive chapel has been preserved above the old mill building . It is a small solid building with a gable roof from the first half of the 19th century. Inside there is a relief of the Fourteen Holy Helpers , overlooked by the Most Holy Trinity. The chapel is in ruin.
literature
- Hans Bauer: Dettelbach. History of a romantic city on the Main and its districts . Dettelbach 1983.
- Anton Eberle: The twelve mills in Dettelbach . In: In the Bannkreis des Schwanbergs 1966. Heimat-Jahrbuch from the Kitzingen district . Kitzingen 1966. pp. 118-128.
- Fritz Mägerlein: The mills in Kitzinger Land in 1840 . In: In the Bannkreis des Schwanbergs 1966. Heimat-Jahrbuch from the Kitzingen district . Kitzingen 1966. pp. 116-118.
