Mills (Wiehl)

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Mills
City of Wiehl
Coordinates: 50 ° 57 ′ 1 ″  N , 7 ° 30 ′ 39 ″  E
Height : 210 m above sea level NN
Residents : 193  (December 31, 2004)
Postal code : 51674
Area code : 02262
Mills (Wiehl)
Mills

Location of mills in Wiehl

Mühlen in the Oberbergischer Kreis is one of 51 localities in the city of Wiehl in the Cologne administrative district in North Rhine-Westphalia .

Location and description

The place lies between the places Drabenderhöhe in the west and Wiehl in the east and is about 2.5 km west of the city center of Wiehl as the crow flies. Mühlen is located south of the federal highway 4 .

history

First mention

In 1443 the place was mentioned for the first time in a document, namely "Income and rights of the Cologne Apostle monastery ."

Spelling of the first mention : Zo de Molen Herhusen

Bone, tale and grinding mills already proven in the Middle Ages, u. a. To the Herhausen Müllen ( A. Mercator card 1575). Herhausen has risen in the neighboring village of Linden. Herhaus family name is still common locally today.

Economy and industry

The former Noss wood goods factory (including manufacturing of skis and sports equipment, development of the first synthetic ski at the same time as Kneissl ) was abandoned and broken up in 1975–1980.

The largest employer in town is Kampf Schneid- und Wickeltechnik GmbH & Co. KG, a company that has been integrated into Jagenberg AG , which is now based in Krefeld, since 1988 . It is one of the world's leading manufacturers of slitting and winding machines for the paper, aluminum and foil processing industry as well as for calender technology.

The Mühlen industrial park is 6.8 hectares in size. It can be reached via Landstrasse 95 and is approximately. 6 km from junction 24 and 25 of the A 4 .

Parishes

  • Christian community Wiehl - Mühlen
  • Evangelical Free Church Community Mühlen-Bielstein

societies

  • Trumpet choir of the Evangelical Free Church Community Mühlen-Bielstein

literature

  • Dieter Dresbach, Fritz Licht: Börnhausen and its neighboring towns - the history of the Bechtal. Castles - villages and farmsteads on an ancient high and high road. Gronenberg, Wiehl-Bomig 2004, ISBN 3-88265-251-9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ When Noss-Ski conquered the slopes. In: Kölnische Rundschau. December 31, 2009, accessed January 28, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Oberberg ski production August Noss picked up speed 65 years ago. In: Kölnische Rundschau. January 21, 2019, accessed January 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Homburg Castle calls for old Noss skis to be donated. In: Kölnische Rundschau. January 26, 2019, accessed January 18, 2019 .