Klausmühle (Lochau)

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Klausmühle 1959
The site of the former Klausmühle, now heavily built up with multi-family houses and high-rise buildings. In front of it the Schanz tower and powder tower of the Neue Schanze (Seeschanze)

The Klausmühle was a group of buildings located in front of the Klausberg in Lochau ( Vorarlberg , Austria ) in the Klausmühle plot. The Klausmühle used the water power of the Klausmühlebach .

Surname

The Klausmühle takes its name from the nearby geographic bottleneck ( Klause ), where there were several military barriers to protect Vorarlberg from the invasions of troops from the Swabian , Bavarian and Württemberg regions. The former Klausmühle was in turn the namesake for the Klausmühlebach located here.

location

The Klausmühle was about 405  m above sea level. A. on the western edge of the municipality of Lochau on the east bank of Lake Constance . The center of Lochau is around 2.2 kilometers and the city of Bregenz around 0.7 kilometers as the crow flies . Lake Constance is about 120 meters to the west below the former Klausmühle.

history

In any case, the Klausmühle existed before the 15th century and was probably a fief of the Mehrerau monastery as early as 1249 . The area of ​​the so-called Klausmühle belonged to the Mehrerau monastery for centuries. The mill was burned by Swedish troops in 1647 (see also: Naval War on Lake Constance 1632–1648 ) and rebuilt.

With the lifting of the mill compulsory in 1787, in addition to the stately mills and the Klaus mill , the private mills and cooperative mills could in future offer their services to the village community.

After the abolition of the Mehrerau monastery in the course of secularization by the Bavarians, to which Tyrol and Vorarlberg were awarded by the Peace of Pressburg in 1806 , the Klausmühle and the vineyards located here ( Prälatenberg ) were sold to private individuals.

In 1978 the Klausmühle and some other old houses were finally demolished without replacement. The area has meanwhile been built up tightly with multi-family houses and high-rise buildings.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Erwin Bennat: Gemeindechronik Lochau , published by the community of Lochau 1986, pp. 26, 28, 38, 202.
  2. ↑ Erwin Bennat: Municipal Chronicle Lochau , published by the municipality of Lochau 1986, p 79th
  3. ↑ Erwin Bennat: Municipal Chronicle Lochau , published by the municipality of Lochau 1986, p 66, 131, 202nd

Coordinates: 47 ° 30 ′ 44.3 "  N , 9 ° 45 ′ 15.9"  E