Ingental mill

Ingentaler Mühle in Selfkant-Süsterseel

Location and history

Coordinates

50 ° 59 '25 " N , 5 ° 56' 48" E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '25 " N , 5 ° 56' 48" E

Location

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

District of Heinsberg

Selfkant municipality

Waters

Rodebach

Built

before 1800

Shut down

not known

technology

use

Oil and grain mill

Grinder

2 grinding courses 1 oil press

drive

Watermill

water wheel

undershot

The Inge Taler mill is a former on Rodebach preferred water mill with an undershot waterwheel in Selfkant , a rural community in North Rhine-Westphalia Heinsberg district .

geography

The Ingentaler Mühle is located on the right side of the stream in Peter-Kreins-Straße 6 in the Süsterseel district in the Selfkant municipality. The area on which the courtyard and mill building stands is approx. 52 m above sea level . Neighboring mills are above the Roermolen in Jabeek and below the Istrater mill in Süsterseel.

Waters

Up until the last century, the Rodebach supplied fourteen mills with water. The stream begins at a retention basin near Siepenbusch in the town of Übach-Palenberg at an altitude of 105 m above sea level. The Rodebach has a length of 28.9 km to its confluence with the Geleenbeek near Oud-Roosteren in the Netherlands . The mouth height is 29 m above sea level. The care and maintenance of the Rodebach and its tributaries is subject to the respective neighboring cities and communities. → See also Rodebach

history

Very little history is known about the Ingentaler Mühle. It is entered on the map of Tranchot 1804/05. In the 19th century the name “Ingendahls Mühle” appears several times. The mill works as a grain mill with two grinding speeds and as an oil press with one press. It was part of an agricultural property that is still cultivated today. At the earlier time nor the running stone reminiscent of the pug mill . It is not known how long the mill was in operation.

gallery

Millstone from the pan mill
Rodebach at the Ingentaler Mühle
Tranchot card 1804/05

literature

Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pp. 248–249.
Wilhelm Pieper: The last mill wheel on the Rodebach home calendar 1995 Heinsberg district p. 158–164
State survey office of North Rhine-Westphalia topographic map 1:50 000 L 5102 Geilenkirchen and L 5000 Selfkant, ISBN 3-89439-417-X

Web links

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