Honselaerer mill

Honselaerer mill
The mill building from 1836
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 34 '10 "  N , 6 ° 19' 18"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '10 "  N , 6 ° 19' 18"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Kleve district City of Kevelaer
Waters	Issumer Fleuth
Built	14th Century
Shut down	1926/28
technology
use	Fruit grinder
Grinder	1 grind
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot

The Honselaerer Mühle was a watermill located on the Issumer Fleuth in the city of Kevelaer with an undershot water wheel .

geography

The Honselaerer mill was located at Issumer Fleuth, at Hoenselaersweg 2, in the district of Wetten , in the town of Kevelaer, in the Kleve district , in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The Issumer Fleuth has a height of approx. 24 m above sea ​​level here . The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Niersverband , which is based in Viersen .

history

The Honselaerer mill was probably built in the 14th century and was part of the Honselaers house, which was listed as a Geldrisches fiefdom as early as 1299 . The former mill building and today's residential building dates back to 1836 and shows this with anchor pins . At that time the mill belonged to Haag Castle . The owner was the Count von Hoensbrock, Müller was a certain Mr. Roghmanns. In the course of the renaturation of the Fleuth in 1926/28, the mill was shut down.

gallery

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  Drainage ditch at the Honselaerer mill

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  Honselaerer Mühle on the new record in 1892

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  Honselaerer Mühle on the original cadastral map 1844

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  Honselaerer Mühle on the 1802 tranchot card

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. 2nd Edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 .
• Susanne Sommer: Mills on the Lower Rhine . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1113-3 .

Web links

Commons : Honselaerer Mühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.niersverband.de/