Küppersmühle (Embken)
| Küppersmühle
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 The mill in the original cadastre from 1846 |
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| Coordinates | 50 ° 40 '53 " N , 6 ° 34' 58" E | |
| Location | Germany | |
| Waters | Neffelbach | |
| Built | 18th century | |
| Shut down | 1946 | |
| Status | Residential building | |
| technology | ||
| use | Oil mill | |
| Grinder | two grinding stages, later a grinding stage and an oil press in the exchange mechanism | |
| drive | water wheel | |
| water wheel | overshot | |
The Küppersmühle was located southeast of Embken in the Düren district near the forest.
The mill got its water from the Neffelbach .
The mill, first mentioned in 1808, had an overshot water wheel and two grinding stages . The owner was a Gottfried Küpper zu Embken. In 1838 a Mathias Wilhelm Küpper is named as the owner and the mill only had a grinder and an oil press in the exchange .
literature
- Susanne Sommer: Mills on the Lower Rhine . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1113-3 , p. 359