Kapellener Mill

Kapellener Mill
Location on the original cadastral map from 1846
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 34 '11 "  N , 6 ° 21' 38"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 34 '11 "  N , 6 ° 21' 38"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Kleve district City of Geldern
Waters	Issumer Fleuth
Built	before 1326
Shut down	1925
technology
use	Fruit grinder
Grinder	1 grind
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot

The Kapellener Mühle was a watermill located on the Issumer Fleuth in the city of Geldern with an undershot water wheel .

geography

The Kapellener Mühle was located on the Issumer Fleuth, Am Mühlenwasser, in the Kapellen an der Fleuth district , in the city of Geldern, Kleve district , in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The Issumer Fleuth has a height of approx. 24 m above sea ​​level here . The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Niersverband , which is based in Viersen .

history

The Kapellener Mühle was first mentioned in 1326 in the Geldrian fiefdom register as a fiefdom of Loef van Berenbroek. It was a border mill between Geldern and Kleve . In 1442 the border ran at the mill of Claiss (Claes), the owner of the Wankum house near Kapellen. In 1823 Baroness von Nagel Dornik was mentioned as the owner and Gerhard Josef Polders as the tenant . In 1836 the fruit mill was called Kapellensche Mühle . In 1880 the mill was owned by Arnold Polders. The regulation of the Fleuth in 1925 also brought about the closure of the mill.

gallery

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  Kapellener Mühle on the new record in 1892

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  Kapellener Mühle on the Tranchot map 1802

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. 2nd Edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 .
• Susanne Sommer: Mills on the Lower Rhine . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1113-3 .

Web links

Commons : Kapellener Mühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.niersverband.de/