Kervenheimer Mill
Kervenheimer Mill
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The Kervenheimer Burg in 2013 |
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Coordinates | 51 ° 37 '54 " N , 6 ° 16' 42" E | |
Location | Germany | |
Waters | Kervenheimer Mühlenfleuth | |
Built | before 1441 | |
Shut down | 1889 | |
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use | Flour mill | |
Grinder | 1 grind | |
drive | Watermill | |
water wheel | undershot |
The Kervenheimer Mühle was a watermill located on the Kervenheimer Mühlenfleuth in the town of Kevelaer with an undershot water wheel .
geography
The Kervenheimer Mühle was located on the Kervenheimer Mühlenfleuth, on Schlossstrasse, in the Kervenheim district , in the town of Kevelaer, Kleve district , in North Rhine-Westphalia .
The Kervenheimer Mühlenfleuth has a height of approx. 22 m above sea level . The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Niersverband , which is based in Viersen .
history
The mill was first mentioned in a feudal award in 1411. The mill was opposite the outer bailey and was fed with the water of the Fleuth. It worked as a ban mill that only ground grain . Oil fruits were processed in Kervenheim in Göpel or Ross oil mills . This also happened with grain on arid summer days.
The mill was also called the Flöth mill. Baron von Hertefeld zu Liebenberg near Berlin is named as the owner in 1848 . In 1888 the mill is bought by the Kervenheimer Mühlenfleuthgenossenschaft. When the mill coke was backfilled in 1889, the mill was also shut down.
gallery
Kervenheimer Mühle on the 1802 tranchot card
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 .