Mill tower (Liedberg)

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Mill tower

The mill tower is a monument in the Liedberg district of the city of Korschenbroich in North Rhine-Westphalia .

history

The seven storey high tower on the east tip of the Liedberg was a keep of the fortress (castle) of Liedberg. There is no scientific dating of age. According to Jakob Bremer, it could have been built around the year 900 after the Norman raids. The residential tower made of burnt bricks and ashlar sandstone lost its importance after the construction of Liedberg Castle .

In 1572 it was converted into a windmill by adding a wooden walkway and a wing hood to the tower. In the wars of 1664 and 1706, the gallery was destroyed and rebuilt in stone. In 1776 the rent master of Schloss Liedberg tried unsuccessfully to auction the mill because of the lack of profitability. The French declared the mill to be a domain property in 1794 . The unprofitable mill remained in operation until 1836. A storm in 1836 tore down parts of the roof structure, the wings with the axis and the comb wheel and ended its use as a mill.

Web links

Commons : Mühlenturm (Liedberg)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jakob Bremer: The Electoral Cologne Office Liedberg . Kühlen, M. Gladbach 1930, p. 68
  2. ↑ Rheinland.info: Liedberg Castle and Mühlenturm, accessed on June 15, 2017
  3. ↑ Rp-online.de: Mühlenturm , accessed on June 15, 2017
  4. ↑ Liedberg.de, Bundesgolddorf Liedberg 1985 ( Memento from August 4, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )
  5. ↑ Jakob Bremer: The Electoral Cologne Office Liedberg . Kühlen, M. Gladbach 1930, p. 187

Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 47.5 ″  N , 6 ° 32 ′ 31.5 ″  E