Istrater mill

Istrater mill in Selfkant-Süsterseel

Location and history

Coordinates

50 ° 59 '47 " N , 5 ° 55' 57" E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '47 " N , 5 ° 55' 57" E

Location

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

District of Heinsberg

Selfkant municipality

Waters

Rodebach

Built

1343 owned by the von Heinsberg family

Shut down

1970 cessation of grinding operations

technology

use

Flour mill and woad

Grinder

2 grinding courses

drive

Watermill

water wheel

undershot

The Istrater 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 Istrater mill is located on the right side of the stream in Istraten in the district of Süsterseel in the municipality of Selfkant. The area on which the courtyard and mill building stands is approx. 52 m above sea level . Neighboring mills are above the Ingentaler Mühle and below the Wehrer Mühle in Wehr .

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

The Istrater mill was mentioned as a property of the Lords of Heinsberg as early as 1343 . In a Sittarder Grenzweise from 1351 it is called "de overste moelen van Weer (Wehr) tot Yssstraeten". In the 14th century the mill appears as a fiefdom of Lisa von Etzenrade. In 1602 “Wilhelm v. Hanxeler, Mr. zu Herstale and Corvey ”. The mill was intended as a ban mill for the old parish Breberen in the country of Millen. It worked mainly as a fruit mill , but woad was also ground in the 16th century . In 1970 the milling operation was stopped. Today the mill buildings have been converted for residential purposes.

gallery

Business section as a residential building
Outbuilding of the Ingentaler Mühle
Apartments in the former mill
Courtyard building as an apartment
Tranchot card 1804/05

literature

Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pp. 249-251.
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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