Mill Hommerschen

Mill Hommerschen
Mill Hommerschen in Geilenkirchen
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 57 '19 "  N , 6 ° 6' 52"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 57 '19 "  N , 6 ° 6' 52"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Geilenkirchen
Waters	worm
Built	1300
Shut down	1949
technology
use	Grain and oil mill
Grinder	1 grind 1 oil press
drive	water wheel
water wheel	undershot

The Hommerschen 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 Hommerschen had its location on the left side of the worm Hommerschen in the town of Geilenkirchen. When the worm was straightened in the 1970s, the worm was moved to the other side of the building. The height at which the building stands today is approx. 76 m above sea ​​level . The Frelenberg mill was located above, the Eichenthal mill was next door .

Waters

The worm supplied numerous mills with water over a river length of 53 km. The source of the worm is located south of Aachen at 265 m above sea level, the confluence with the Rur is in the town of Kempen in the city 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

In the 12th century, the Lords of Heinsberg owned the Hommerschen farm south of Geilenkirchen. There was a flour mill near the courtyard , which obviously did not belong to the courtyard. The mill was founded in 1300 by Gottfried v. Heinsberg and Blankenberg left to the Premonstratensian Convention on long lease . This included the mill compulsion for the villages of Waurichen, Hünshoven and the Breill estate east of Geilenkirchen. In return for Gottfried and his heirs, the monastery had 22 Malter winter wheat until the feast of St. John the Baptist (June 24th) to deliver St. John's Day. In 1340 Dietrich von Heinsberg extended the compulsory meal of the Hommerschener Mühle to the places Immendorf and Apweiler in exchange for a fee of eight malters . This arrangement of compulsory meals guaranteed the miller sufficient ownership as well as recognition and respectability of his profession .

After 1608 the convent dismantled the oil mill in Aldenhoven and moved it to Hommerschen. On the Tranchot map from 1805/07 this place still had the name Hummersheim. In 1808 the mill was shut down and demolished. A new mill was built in the same place.

gallery

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  Information sign Hommersche Mühle

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  Commercial section of the mill Hommerschen an der Wurm

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  Mühle Hommerschen on the first recording from 1846

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  Mühle Hommerschen on the new recording from 1892

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  Mühle Hommerschen 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 Hommerschen  - 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/