Lowen Mill

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The Löwener Mühle is a former mill near Igel in the Trier-Saarburg district . It is about nine kilometers from Trier .

history

The Löwener Mühle has been proven to have existed since around 1603. It was created through settlements with the Benedictine Abbey of St. Matthias in Trier. The mill belonged to him until the monasteries were expropriated as part of the secularization under Napoleon in 1792.

During the Thirty Years' War , the War of the Spanish Succession , the Napoleonic Wars , and the First and Second World Wars , the mill was affected by war damage. Over the years, the mill has alternated between Langsur and Igel. Therefore it belongs to the local parish Igel and the parish of Langsur today .

Grain was ground in the mill between 1910 and 1954. At that time the mill served as a gypsum distillery; the plaster was broken off in the surrounding quarries and brought to the mill in carts and horse-drawn carts. In addition, agriculture , viticulture and cattle breeding were operated. The Löwener Mühle still sells its own wine today.

From 1861 to 1914, the Igel stop on the western line of Trier was near the mill .

Surname

There are two explanations for the origin of the name: Either the name is derived from Lohe or from Laueller Mühle , which goes back to Latin lavare for wash. Both declarations are related to the leather tannery that was operated on site.

architecture

The complex, built around 1603, is built in the Renaissance style.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ag railway history: Igel station and the surrounding area - AG railway history - The Nims-Sauertalbahn. In: nims-sauertal-bahn.de. August 20, 1900. Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
  2. ^ Entry on Löwener Mühle am Stubach in the database of cultural assets in the Trier region ; accessed on March 27, 2018.

Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′ 57.2 "  N , 6 ° 31 ′ 31.6"  E