Luhmühlen
Luhmühlen is a district of Salzhausen . It is located on the Luhe River near the federal highway 7 at the height of the Wilseder mountain west of Lüneburg . The Luhmühlen training center is known for eventing equestrianism .
history
Early historical finds, barrows and urns from the migration period indicate a continuous settlement in the Luhmühlen area. The Luhemühle is documented in the 12th century; it is owned by the Counts of Wölpe . From 1205 to 1231 Count Iso von Wölpe , Bishop of Verden bequeathed his possessions to the Diocese of Verden. Its property is administered from Rotenburg Castle. The name "Rotenburger Mühle" has been in use for the water mill since that time. It was the mill of the Fronhof Salzhausen. The medieval military road from Lüneburg to Bremen crossed the Luhe at the mill. Lack of money and leanings led to many worldly and spiritual successions of ownership. The mill was also destroyed in the Thirty Years War . In the Peace of Celle of 1679, the duchies of Bremen and Verden ceded their property in the Lüneburg area to the Principality of Lüneburg.
The village of Luhmühlen was established in 1764. Elector George III. , King of Great Britain and Ireland, in 1764, through the electoral Hanoverian government of his secret councilors, gave the senior bailiff Tilling in Winsen the permission to settle long-serving soldiers, veterans from the Seven Years' War , near the old Luhemühle. 160 Hanoverian acres, land ancestral to the Princely House, so-called Dominialgut, was allocated to eight future heirs.
The Luhemühle was converted into a heir interest property. In 1832, the eight lords of the heirs agreed on the division of the lands, but had no official approval from the office. In the special division procedure of 1852, this division , which was undertaken by the company, was confirmed, officially regulated and signed by the heirs. The close relationship with horses began in Luhmühlen in 1911 with the establishment of the breeding station and the establishment of the horse breeding and riding club in 1923. In 1912 Luhmühlen had eight farm owners and six farmers . In 1962, a total of nine farmers are listed in Luhmühlen's population list. As part of the regional reform, Luhmühlen was incorporated into Salzhausen on July 1, 1972.
Nowadays Luhmühlen is especially known for eventing equestrianism.
coat of arms
A silver shield divided by a blue wavy band. Above a jumping black horse, below a black mill wheel. The black horse indicates the cover station, the wave band the location of the village on the Luhe. The mill wheel is a reminder of the earlier watermill on the Luhe.
Watermill (Rotenburgermühle)
The earliest known information about the Rotenburgermühle in Luhmühlen, the date of its construction at this point, was that it was pledged to Lüneburg Salzjunker in 1427 by the Verden bishops due to lack of money. Around 1441, the vd Möhlen family, whose name was originally v. Melbeck was, the water mill. In the course of the efforts of the family to build up a monopoly over mills (in Lüneburg, Ashausen and beyond), this caused their name to be changed.
The extent of documented pledges indicates the importance of the mill in the parish of Salzhausen at the time. The great importance of the mill resulted from the fact that other mills in Toppenstedt, Putensen and Weddermöde had ceased to exist. Windmills were not built on the Hohe Geest until much later (e.g. the Galerieholländer zu Garlstorf 1865).
In 1468 the vd Möhlen family had the pledge converted into a loan. They sold the mill in 1508 to the Glöde bank in Lüneburg for 1,600 marks. Since the transfer of ownership of Lüneburg in 1679, the Winsen Office was responsible for the mill. In 1703 the Vorwerk is closed and the buildings are sold for demolition. From 1703 to 1879, the mill, which became an inheritance business in 1821, was owned by the Heinrich-Maack family. The village of Luhmühlen was founded during this period (around 1764, see above). The last miller to run the mill was Claus Borstelmann, whose ancestors took over the mill.
The mill was largely destroyed during the Thirty Years War. The water mill was rebuilt in the 19th century. Today there is only a ruin of the mill with only two mill wheels. In 2017 the right armwheel made of oak wood, which has a diameter of around 4 meters and is provided with a circumferential wreath of tin water scoops, was restored. The second mill wheel could not be restored and was replaced by a new mill wheel.
Luhmühlen training center
Around 2010, around 11.5 million euros were invested in the redesign and expansion of the training center of the Luhmühlen training center - Lüneburger Heide GmbH in Luhmühlen. The districts of Lüneburg and Harburg have each contributed 1.5 million, and around 8.5 million euros in funding from the state have already been built in.
In detail, the following were implemented:
- Two riding halls
- Two stable complexes with 54 boxes (16 of which are paddock boxes) with solarium and wash box
- Refurbishment of the existing Kurt-Günther-Jagau-Halle including new riding arena, establishment of a seminar area
- Two outside dressage arenas and 1 jumping arena as well as a lunging circle with all-weather floors
- 180 parking spaces for visitors, guest riders, course and tournament participants
- An administration building with 5 offices
- Demolition of two riding arenas and 30 boxes due to used building fabric
- Extension of a restaurant
According to its own information, the location is nationwide only comparable with the facility of the German Olympic Committee for Equestrian in Warendorf.
War memorial
The names of the 15 soldiers who died in the First and Second World Wars are on the war memorial.
Tournament tests Concours Complet International (CCI) **** and Concours International Combiné (CIC) *** for eventing riders
The highlight of the year in the "Reiterdorf Luhmühlen" is the CCI Luhmühlen , held annually in June , one of the most important tournaments in eventing worldwide. On the tournament site, which is mostly already in Westergellersen / Lüneburg district ( Westergellerser Heide ), several European championships in eventing took place, most recently in 2019 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information sheet from the Salzhausen Archives
- ^ Salzhausen: On the history of the Luhmühlen mill, formerly Rotenburger Ort - Luhmühle | All the best in Salzhausen . ( salzhausen.de [accessed April 7, 2018]).
- ^ German Foundation for Monument Protection: Wassermühle Salzhausen, Lower Saxony.Retrieved on February 20, 2020.
- ↑ Luhmühlen Riding Center inaugurated , ndr .de, November 21, 2010.
Coordinates: 53 ° 13 ' N , 10 ° 12' E