Mill pond (Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler)
The Mühlenteich is a 4.8 km long orographically left tributary of the Ahr in Rhineland-Palatinate . It was artificially created in the Middle Ages as a moat for the city of Ahrweiler . The name is based on the one hand on the fact that the water drove several water mills . On the other hand, in the Rhineland , a flowing body of water is called a “ pond ” that is derived from a river.
course
The mill pond branches off from the Ahr at Walporzheim and flows both above and below ground through the Ahrweiler district. In the Bad Neuenahr district , the water flows back into the Ahr. Tributaries from the left are the Giesemer Bach and the Lantershofener Bach. The Mühlenteichgraben flows to the right to the Ahr. The course of the water in its current form through the old town center of Ahrweiler has been traceable since around 1200. In the Middle Ages he was included in the city fortifications of Ahrweiler and secured with bars when passing the city wall.
history
The flowing water used to have several functions. It supplied industrial water , for example for the tanners resident in the city , drove water mills, served as a sewer , supplied extinguishing water and, in times of war, filled the city moat with its water. In the Middle Ages the water drove seven mills that were owned by the nobility or monasteries . Later there were a total of 12 mills, including the Blankenheimer mill founded in 1587 by the Counts of Blankenheim .
See also
literature
- Jakob Rausch: Ahrweiler owned twelve mills in: Ahrweiler district's homeland yearbook , 1965 ( online )