Istrater mill
Istrater mill
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Istrater mill in Selfkant-Süsterseel |
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Coordinates | 50 ° 59 '47 " N , 5 ° 55' 57" E | |
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Germany
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Waters | Rodebach | |
Built | 1343 owned by the von Heinsberg family | |
Shut down | 1970 cessation of grinding operations | |
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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.
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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