Helpensteinmühle
The Helpensteinmühle at the entrance to Ratingen-Lintorf ( North Rhine-Westphalia ) is one of the oldest preserved watermills in the Bergisches Land region .
history
As early as 1157 a Helpenstein gentleman was enfeoffed with a mill. In 1420, the lease for three Malter rye was extended annually by Duke Adolf von Berg, as was the case in 1585 and 1604. The mill was a ducal ban mill for the grinding district of Lintorf and half of Breitscheid, as had already been established in 1420. In addition, the estate was a so-called saddle estate . So once a year it had to donate a saddled horse to the Duke in Düsseldorf, in the event of war with an armed rider. The property, which was almost 1,000 acres in 1750, included a medieval pigeon tower that is still preserved today. It stands for the right of free pigeon flight that the owners had. The property was abandoned during the Thirty Years' War . The Helpensteiners lived on the estate until 1563/1577. This was followed by the Pempelfort families (1577 to 1798), Stockfisch, who later acquired the property as tenants (1826) (1798 to 1894), Krefter (1894 to 1908) and Weber (1908 to 1914).
On March 9, 1914, master miller Johann Fleermann from Westphalia acquired the mill and the 27-acre estate. Since then, the estate has been in the family. The company Fleermann Agrar & Garten was founded on November 2nd, 1910 in Münster. In 1953, the production of meal flour for bakeries was stopped and the production and wholesaling switched to feed and fertilizers. In 1963 a retail store was opened on the street front, which has been expanded again and again to the present day. Until the end of 2011, rolled oats for horses were regularly produced in a high-voltage mill adjacent to the building.
present
The mill is technically fully functional and has a medium-sized water wheel, a Condux grist mill and a roller mill . All buildings are under monument protection. It has been open to the public since a thorough renovation in 1998/1999.
Historical data
- First documentary mention: probably 1157, then 1385 and 1420
- Pigeon tower: 13th century
- Razing of the fortifications: 1780/90
- Construction of the mill (current form): approx. 1650–1700
- Half-timbered house: 1788/89
- Bone mill , bakery , engine house (1878)
Technical specifications
- Mill type: medium-sized
- Water wheel: steel, 550 cm diameter, 16 spokes, 64 water scoops
- Locks: 2 pieces
- Grinds: 3, 1 flour, 1 grist mill and 1 roller mill
- Technology (accessories): tub mill around 1910, plansifter, lifting crane with spindle
photos
literature
- Bastian Fleermann: Mühlengut Helpenstein in Lintorf. History from the Middle Ages to the present . Ratingen 2007, ISBN 978-3927826588
- Bastian Fleermann: Mühlengut Helpenstein. Watermill between continuity and change. In: The millstone. Periodical for mill knowledge and mill maintenance, 19th vol., Issue 3 (2002) pp. 53–54
- Walter Vielhaber: Helpenstein, in: Die Heimat (Krefeld) 2nd year (1922), p. 18ff.
- Hans Vogt: Niederrheinischer Wassermühlenführer, ed. from Verein Niederrhein eV, Krefeld 1998, pp. 97-103
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Coordinates: 51 ° 19 ′ 51 ″ N , 6 ° 49 ′ 59 ″ E