Jennekes Mill

Jennekes Mill
Jennekes Mill
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 11 '13 "  N , 6 ° 15' 25"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 11 '13 "  N , 6 ° 15' 25"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Viersen Schwalmtal
Waters	Schwalm
Built	before 1806
Shut down	1928 after the transfer of the Schwalm
technology
use	Oil and grain mill
Grinder	1 grind 1 oil press
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot
Website	Jennekes Mill website

The Jennekes mill in the municipality of Schwalmtal was a water mill with an undershot water wheel .

geography

The Jennekes Mühle is located on the middle course of the Schwalm in the nature reserve "Lüttelforster Bruch" in the municipality of Schwalmtal in the district of Viersen . You did not need a pond to operate . Above the Jennekes mill was the Papelter mill , below the Lüttelforster mill . The water level is 52 m above sea level.

Until 1928 the mill was located directly on the Schwalm, which has its source in Genhof , a district of the town of Erkelenz .

history

Very little is known about the history of the Jennekes Mill. The first entry on the Tranchot card was made in 1806. Here it is registered by Tranchot under the surname Jennekes. While the mill was registered with two oil presses in 1829, in 1900 it was only designated as a grain mill . In 1918 the use as a file grinding shop was changed again . The relocation of the creek bed, which accompanied the river straightening of the Schwalm in 1928, meant the end of the use of hydropower. The property has been used for residential purposes since then.

gallery

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  Landhaus Jennekes mill

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  Courtyard and farm buildings

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  Old millstone at the entrance

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  Schwalmbrücke and driveway

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. Krefeld 1998, pages 437-439.
• Horst Jungbluth, Helmuth Elsner: The Schwalm - valley of the mills. Schwalmtal 1989, pages 43-45.

Web links

Commons : Jennekes Mill  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Jennekes Mill website
• Mill tour

Individual evidence