Kranentalsmühle

Kranentalsmühle in Alsdorf

Location and history

Coordinates

50 ° 51 '30 " N , 6 ° 9' 56" E Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '30 " N , 6 ° 9' 56" E

Location

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

City region Aachen

Alsdorf

Waters

Broicher Bach

Built

before 17./18. Century

Shut down

around 1918

technology

use

Grinding mill

Grinder

1 grind

drive

Watermill

water wheel

undershot

The Kranentalsmühle was a watermill on Broicher Bach in the city of Alsdorf in the North Rhine-Westphalian city region of Aachen in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The Kranentalsmühle was located on Broicher Bach, in the Broich district in the city of Alsdorf in the Aachen region. It was at a height of approx. 145 m above sea level . In front of the mill was a pond that is now filled. Above was the Broicher mill , below the Kellersberger mill .

Waters

The sources of the Broicher Bach with a height of 174 m above sea level are now located in a rain retention basin between the streets In der Dell and Holzweg in the Linden-Neusen district of the city of Würselen. The creek with a length of 8.2 km is a tributary of the Wurm and flows to the north in a westerly direction through the area of the city of Alsdorf and then to the city of Herzogenrath. In the road area An der Wurm / Apolloniastraße the Broicher Bach flows into the Wurm at a height of 106 m above sea level at km 35.0. A reservoir , located about 500 meters above the mouth in the Broichbachtal recreational area, regulates the flow of water from the Broich Bach into the Wurm. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water .

history

The Kranentalsmühle was also shut down after the First World War . The age of the mill is also 17/18. Century only very poorly described. The tranchot card from 1805 shows the mill as "Dahl Mühle". This indicates a changing name. An upstream mill pond, in which the miner Joseph Greten drowned in 1908, is now filled. After the mill was shut down, a grain distillery was maintained on the Mühlenhof for a few years . Today the farm is used as a horse farm.