Mills in the Oberbergisches Land

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Mühlrath mill

The mills in the Oberbergisches Land are a sign of early industrialization. In the very water-rich Bergisches Land, a large number of them drove hammers for processing steel.

Bergneustadt

  • Rengser Mühle: The Rengser Mühle was originally a grain mill that was founded in 1869 and was in operation until 1954. It was then converted into a restaurant and hotel. The large millstones in front of the house are a reminder of the rural past.

Engelskirchen

Engelskirchen

  • Wage Mill . The Lohmühle , built in 1846, was located in what was then the village of Engelskirchen . The first owners came from Alsbach. On January 18, 1919, the Lohmühle burned down and it was rebuilt. Total destruction in World War II. Today there is a residential and commercial building on the site.

Lambachtal

Gummersbach

  • Dümmlinghauser Mühle: Can now be rented for celebrations, kitchen and toilet have been integrated into the old building. The grinder is still there, but no longer ready for use. Live jazz is played there once a month (Sunday morning).
  • Mühle Post Niederseßmar : It once housed the “Seuten Grund” inn.
  • Rosper mill in the Rospe district

Hückeswagen

  • Hummeltenberger Mühle: The building no longer exists today, only the village of Hummeltenberg still reminds of it.
  • Schnabelsmühle: Today it is located at the pre-dam of the Wuppertalsperre, previously on the course of the Wupper. Today there is a restaurant in the Schnabelsmühle.
  • Walkmühle: It is located on the Wuppertalsperre below the village of Pixberg and is now a private residence.
  • Hagermühle: The building no longer exists today, it was on the Dbodebach.
  • Hangbergermühle: The building is located on the Dbodebach and has been converted into a residential building.

Nümbrecht

  • Holstein's mill: It is located in the Homburg Bröltal, at the foot of Homburg Castle. Until 1969, the building complex belonged to Prince Sayn-Wittgenstein -Berleburg and served as a flour and sawmill, after which it was placed under monument protection and set up as a historic restaurant. Due to archaeological excavations as a result of the suspicion that the name "Holsteins" indicates a relationship to the legendary Holstein castle that has disappeared, we now know that the mill is built on the foundations of a water castle from the 9th century; this moated castle is the "Holsteins Burg".
  • Lindscheider mill

Radevormwald

There are no longer any functioning mills in Radevormwald.

Bever

  • Stooter Mühle Version 1: Until a few years ago it was a waterworks and is now privately owned.
  • Stooter Mühle Version 2: The Stooter Mühle was a grain mill on the Bever . It was registered as such in the Urkastaster in 1828 and was also called "Stötermühle". In 1902 the mill was demolished for the construction of the old Bevertalsperre .

Uelfebach

Supreme mill in Radevormwald
  • Heesmühle: (also: Unterste Mühle): The former mill is now run as a gastronomic business. Traces of a grinding device are still present.
  • Leimholer Mühle: Today it is a company headquarters.
  • Oberste Mühle: The lovingly restored facility is now a restaurant.

Wupper

  • Vogelsmühle: A mill that has not existed for a long time. In 1804 there was a fulling mill in today's village of Vogelsmühle . It was thus the forerunner for a locally developing cloth industry.

Reichshof

  • The Denklinger Mühle , near the town hall in Denklingen on the B 256, is the disused mill and sawmill operation, which in its oldest parts refers to a 500 year history. It is one of the few places in the town that is part of the historical inventory. Already in the A. Mercator map from 1575, the first known mapping of the place shows the complex “Neue Burg / Herzogliche Zwangsmühle ” exactly as it can be found in the townscape today.

Waldbröl

  • Bruchhauser Mühle: It is a former oil and grain mill and was first mentioned in 1571. It is the last “Oberbergische” mill that still grinds, but today it is electrically powered. The old grinder is still in good condition, and the entire mill inventory is still there. Therefore, the mill offers a clear insight into the history of technology on three floors.

Wiehl

Angfurten

  • Feldermühle: Around 1900 the people of Angfurt ground their grain in the Feldermühle, which was rebuilt by the Schenk family in 1904 after a fire.

Remperg

  • Remperger Mühle: The family business Bubenzer renovated and rebuilt this mill and now uses it as the headquarters of the building materials trade "Bubenzer".

Castle mill

  • Burgmühle: Located between the village of Drespe and Dreisbach, this mill was destroyed by fire and is no longer there as a mill.

Wipperfürth

In Wipperfürth, the metal industry, first mentioned in 1563, was based on the water power of the Wupper (hammer mills). A bone tamper was later the basis for building up the chemical industry. Hat, cloth and stuff factories had existed since 1830. Around 1845, tanneries, iron factories, copper mines, smelters and also four mills and four fairs were established.

Kürten Sülz

Gaulbach

Neye

literature

General literature

  • Herbert Nicke: Bergische Mühlen . Galunder-Verlag 1998 in Wiehl

Literature on individual mills

  • Kurt Hamburger: The Denklinger Mühle. Contributions to the history of Oberberg, Volume 5
  • Frederik Klein: The former powder mill in Lambachtal. Contributions to the history of Oberberg, Volume 3
  • Hans-Werner M. Urselmann: The house and farm names in the village of Engelskirchen at the beginning of the 19th century. Contributions to the history of Oberberg, Volume 3