Eichenthal Mill

Eichenthal Mill
Eichenthal Mill in Geilenkirchen
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 57 '19 "  N , 6 ° 6' 46"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '19 "  N , 6 ° 6' 46"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Geilenkirchen
Waters	worm
Built	1823
Shut down	1914
technology
use	Grain and oil mill
Grinder	1 grind 1 oil press
drive	water wheel
water wheel	undershot

The Eichenthal mill was a watermill with an undershot water wheel on the Wurm in the city of Geilenkirchen in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The mill Eichenthal had its location on the left side of the worm in Hommerschen in the town of Geilenkirchen. It was only a few meters away from the Hommerschen mill . The height at which the building stands today is around 75 m above sea ​​level . Below is the location of the Beeretz Mühle in Geilenkirchen.

Waters

The worm supplied numerous mills with water over a river length of 53 km. The source of the worm is south of Aachen at 265 m above sea level. The confluence with the Rur is in the town of Kempen in the town of Heinsberg at 32 m above sea level. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, worm straightening was carried out. The curving, now and then meandering course of the river disappeared in favor of a simple route . The river length shortened and the flow speed increased. For many people the flood protection improved , for the mills it was the end. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water body with a catchment area of 355.518 km ² .

history

A division of the estate made it possible to build a second farm with an associated mill in Hommerschen. A branch canal was dug for this purpose, which supplied the Eichenthal mill with water from the worm. The mill also worked as an oil and grain mill using an undershot water wheel . So Hommerschen had two farms and two mills. The First World War then brought the end of the mill.

gallery

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  Farm building of the Eichenthal mill

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  Eichenthal mill on the first recording from 1846

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  Eichenthal mill on the new record from 1892

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  The mill was not yet entered on the tranchot card 1805/1807

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pages 287.
• Hans-Josef Sprünken: Geilenkirchens Mühlen an der Wurm home calendar of the Heinsberg district, 1992, pages 35–42

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

Commons : Mühle Eichenthal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the city of Geilenkirchen

Individual evidence

1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ http://www.wver.de/