Holtmühle (mill)

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Holtmühle

Holtmühle in Wegberg-Holtmühle

Holtmühle in Wegberg-Holtmühle

Location and history
Holtmühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Holtmühle
Coordinates 51 ° 9 ′ 10 ″  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 10 ″  N , 6 ° 18 ′ 0 ″  E
Location GermanyGermany Germany
North Rhine-WestphaliaNorth Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia
DEU District of Heinsberg COA.svg District of Heinsberg
DEU Wegberg COA.svg Wegberg
Waters Mühlenbach
Built 1397
Shut down 1954 (mill operation)
technology
use Grain and Oil Mill
Grinder 1 grind 1 oil mill
drive Watermill
water wheel Iron wheel, medium-sized
Website holtmuehle.de

The Holtmühle is a water mill with a medium-sized water wheel .

geography

The Holtmühle is located in the Holtmühle district of the same name in the middle town of Wegberg in the Heinsberg district on district road 10. The mill building is on the right-hand side of the Mühlenbach. In front of the mill is a large mill pond, the water level of which is 66 m above sea level. NN lies.

Waters

The Holtmühle is located on the Mühlenbach, which begins in Herrath and flows into the Schwalm at the Molzmühle . The Mühlenbach has a length of 13,475 m. The beginning of the stream is 77 m above sea level. NN, the mouth at 61 m above sea level. NN. Between Kipshoven and Holtmühle, the Mühlenbach forms the city boundary between the Heinsberg district and the city of Mönchengladbach . The upstream mill pond is crossed by the mill stream in an east-west direction. Originally five mills were operated with water power on the Mühlenbach. The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Schwalm Association , which is based in Brüggen .

history

It seems to have got its name "Holtmühle" from its location in the still wooded area between Wegberg and Rheindahlen . It is no coincidence that the neighboring mill was called “Buschmühle” and the neighboring settlement “Busch”. It is unlikely that it was a sawmill for that reason . It is likely to have served much more as an oil and grain mill since 1397. It was only in the last few decades that she dealt exclusively with the grinding of grain . Since she had one of the largest reservoirs in the Wegberg area (except Tüschenbroich ), she had good prerequisites to be able to use her large medium-sized waterwheel with a diameter of 6 m, which was still running until 1954. Then the Holtmühle finally became an excursion restaurant. Experience in gastronomy was available. Already between 1870 and 1894 the Holtmüller ran a summer tavern, with coffee and free boat trips on the pond.

  • Atmospheric view

  • Holtmühle 1 km

  • Mill wheel of the Holtmühle

  • Holtmühlenweiher

  • Holtmühle in earlier times

  • Showcase at the Holtmühle

  • Millstones at the Holtmühle

literature

  • Lower Rhine water mills - guide by Hans Vogt
  • The Schwalm - Valley of the Mills by Horst Jungblut - Helmut Elstner
  • Home book of the city of Wegberg - Compiled by Heinz Cohnen
  • Wegberg cultural guide

Web links

Commons : Holtmühle Wegberg-Holtmühle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files
  • Stadtmarketing Wegberg (Ed.): Discover Wegberg in the valley of the 24 mills . 2013, p. 26 ( wegberg.de [PDF; 2.0 MB ; accessed on August 4, 2020]).
  • Mill tour

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.schwalmverband.de/
  2. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/niederrhein-sued/kreis-heinsberg/nachrichten/kleinod-am-weiher-1.688030