Kahlgrachtmühle

Kahlgrachtmühle
Mill building of the Kahlgrachtmühle
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 47 '42 "  N , 6 ° 8' 38"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '42 "  N , 6 ° 8' 38"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia City region Aachen City of Aachen
Waters	Haarbach
Built	1453
Shut down	1944
technology
use	Grinding mill
Grinder	1 grind
drive	Watermill
water wheel	overshot wooden wheel

The Kahlgrachtmühle was an overshot watermill on the Haarbach in the city of Aachen in the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​region of Aachen in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The Kahlgrachtmühle was located on Haarbach , at Kahlgrachtstrasse 54 in the Haaren - Verlautenheide district in the Aachen city region. It was at a height of about 166 m above sea ​​level . The Scheidmühle stood above the Kahlgrachtmühle , below the Welsche Mühle .

Waters

In earlier times the sources of the Haarbach were at a height of approx. 231 m above sea ​​level near the former Driescher Hof in the city of Aachen. Today the brook begins near Gut Neuenhof. The stream with an original length of almost 9 km is a tributary of the Wurm and flows northeast towards Eilendorf , crosses under the Aachen- Eschweiler railway line . The further path of the creek runs in a north-westerly direction, south past Verlautenheide and then into the center of Aachen- Haaren . In the city center of Haaren, the Haarbach is largely canalized. On the Tuchmacherweg, the Haarbach flows into the Wurm as an open stream at a height of about 144 m above sea level. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water .

history

The Kahlgrachtmühle was first mentioned in 1453 and was originally used as a grinding mill . From the middle of the 16th century until around 1670 the mill was operated as a copper mill. From 1753 the copper mill became a grinding mill again. In front of the mill was a dam with locks and an overshot wooden water wheel . Mill operations were stopped at the end of 1944. The mill buildings are now used for residential purposes.

gallery

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  The Kahlgrachtmühle on Kahlgrachtstrasse in Verlautenheide

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  Location of the Kahlgrachtmühle on the tranchot map 1805/07

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  The first photo from 1846 shows the location of the Kahlgrachtmühle

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  The Kahlgrachtmühle on the new record from 1892

Monument entry

Kahlgrachtmühle , Kahlgrachtstraße 54, built in 1453, first mentioned as a grinding mill; From the middle of the 16th century to 1670, the copper mill, finally the grinding mill again until 1944.

List of monuments Aachen-Haaren

literature

• Erich Mertes • Daniel Heidenbluth • Peter Bertram: Mühlen der Eifel Volume II, Die Nordeifel, 2005, ISBN 3-938208-09-0 , p. 169.
• The Haarbach, course and old mill locations

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

Commons : Kahlgrachtmühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Experience nature in the Haarbachtal (PDF file; 1.4 MB)
• Excursion to the Haarbach valley

Individual evidence

1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
3. ↑ http://www.wver.de/