Prinzhorn mill
The Prinzhorn mill , also called Untermühle and, after one owner, Jensen mill , was an overshot water mill on the Schunter mill ditch in Räbke in the Helmstedt district . It was on the edge of the village below the Liesebach water mill . The former mill building from around 1800 has been a listed building since 1993 .
description
The mill was built on the Mühlengraben, which the monks of the Helmstedt St. Ludgeri Monastery branched off from the Schunter at the beginning of the 13th century and led through the village on a contour line . According to research by the local researcher Franz Löding, who was a teacher in Räbke from 1903 to 1937, the water mill was built by monks in 1228.
The mill is shown on a map of Räbke and the surrounding area made as part of the Braunschweig General Land Survey of 1754. At the time, almost 570 people lived in the village's 84 residential buildings.
The mill had a water wheel 5 meters in diameter. In the 20th century, the drive was switched from water power to motor operation. The mill name is based on the mill owner Hermann Prinzhorn, who bought it in 1909. He was followed by his son Ewald Prinzhorn. After a change of ownership, it was called Mühle Jensen.
According to the Räbker mill cadastre from 1939, the mill was in operation as a grinding mill at the time and mainly processed grist , of which around 3,600 quintals a year and an additional 20 tons of rye and wheat . The mill's customers came from Räbke, Warberg and Lelm .
See also
literature
- Wilhelm Kleeberg: Räbke in: Niedersächsische Mühlengeschichte , Hanover, 1978, Schlütersche , p. 387
- Förderverein Räbker Chronik: (Ed.): The grinding mills Liesebach and Prinzhorn in: Räbke. Ein Dorf am Elmesrand , Helmstedt, 2005, pp. 317–323
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Coordinates: 52 ° 11 '43.3 " N , 10 ° 53' 7.3" E