Mühlgraben (Quedlinburg)
The Mühlgraben is a watercourse in the Harz district in Saxony-Anhalt .
course
It branches south of the local situation of Quedlinburg left from the Bode from, crosses the center of Quedlinburg, continues to flow to the northeast to the southeast of Ditfurt over to then return to the Bode to lead. In its course a height difference of about 15 meters is completed. In the course of the run through the historic Quedlinburg city center, the Mühlgraben leads past a large number of architectural monuments. The Mühlgraben with the resulting picturesque views is characteristic for part of the Quedlinburg city center.
In detail, there is the following course. The junction from the Bode is about 125 meters above sea level . The Mühlgraben then flows in a north-easterly direction parallel to the street Unter der Altenburg and then has a new connection to the Bode. It then crosses under the Brühlchaussee and continues in a northerly direction parallel to Wipertistraße. Not far from the left bank of the trench is the Wipertiklause . The Holländer-Graben joins from the right after a stretch . The Sankt Wiperti Church is on the left bank . After a few turns, the Mühlgraben runs eastwards and reaches the area of the Quedlinburg district of Westendorf . The Schlossberg rises on the left . On the left bank, the moat passes the monastery mill , which uses the water power of the moat. The ditch then crosses under Kaiser-Otto-Straße and runs parallel to Mühlenstraße on the left, with its various monuments close to the bank. In the further course, the Rittergasse is crossed, on the right side is the Quedlinburg castle mill . The Mühlgraben then continues parallel to the street An der Kunst, is bridged by the Mühlenstraße and then runs parallel to the street Unter dem Birnbaum on the right. Here it is spanned by a footbridge between Unter dem Birnbaum and the Wassertorstraße to the north.
The Mühlgraben then bends in a northerly direction and is bridged by the Am Schiffbleek bridge. Shortly thereafter, a watercourse joins from the right, which creates a connection to the Stiefelgraben , which runs a little further to the east . The Wordgarten park with the Wordhaus restaurant extends on the right bank, while the Im Wasserwinkel street runs along the left bank. The moat then continues in a northerly direction, crosses under Carl-Ritter-Strasse and reaches the historic old town.
The entrance to Quedlinburg is flanked by the mirror tower on the left . The Mühlgraben runs past the Fleischhof and then parallel to the Street Word, which then crosses it and turns again in an easterly direction. The stand construction is located here on the left bank . After crossing a footbridge again, the Mühlgraben reaches the area south of the Quedlinburg market square and is bridged by the stone bridge. The trench continues eastward. On the left side, the properties adjoin the street Pölle. Immediately on the left bank, three epitaphs, the patronage of Hans Schmidt , the tomb Elisabeth Truben and the epitaph Pölle 51/52 are set into the fortification wall. A little later the boot ditch joins from the right. In the further course the Mühlgraben crosses under the street Mummental and then swings again to the north, where it is bridged by a pedestrian bridge on Gutsmuthsstraße. The Stadtbad Quedlinburg is located on the right bank . The mill moat then branches into two arms that flow further north and between which the mill between the cities is located. In this area, the Mühlgraben forms the border between the old town on the left and the new town on the right of Quedlinburg. Both arms of the Mühlgraben cross under the road between the cities and then reunite. Then the Mühlgraben crosses the Stobenstrasse bridge and further north the Kleersbrücke . The moat leaves the historic city center, runs in a north-easterly direction and crosses under the Julius-Wolff-Strasse bridge . In the further course the ditch flows parallel to the street Vor dem Gröperntor on the left and is crossed by a bridge in the course of the street Schützenbrücke. After a while, the GutsMuths Stadium is on the right bank and the Walkemühle restaurant a little further down on the left. This is followed by bridges along the Am Mühlgraben road and by dirt roads. Two watercourses flow from the right, the Zapfenbach from the left . The Mühlgraben then crosses under the federal highway 6 and leaves the urban area of Quedlinburg at the confluence of the Sülze from the left.
The ditch, also known as Mühlengraben from here on, reaches the area of the municipality of Ditfurt and passes under the Halberstadt-Thale railway line . The old gravel dredging lake Ditfurt extends not far from the right bank . The Mühlgraben flows past the southeastern edge of Ditfurt, crosses under the Salzrinnenstrasse, the Langenberg road and a field path, and then flows back into the Bode at a height of 110 meters above sea level.
history
The Mühlgraben is an artificially created arm of water, but its course is based on an old arm of the Bode. The side arm was probably originally the main arm of the Bode. Towards the end of the 12th century, a weir near Altenburg led to a larger amount of water being fed to the eastern Bodearm in order to allow urban development to expand, especially in the area of the Neustadt. In the Middle Ages there were ten water mills at the Mühlgraben , from which the name of the Graben resulted. In addition to flour and oil mills, there were also fulling mills . In addition, the Mühlgraben also served a few bathing houses and the tanners' quarter. To the south-east of the market, in the area of the streets Pölle, Stieg and Word, there was a swampy floodplain area, which was continuously drained in the late Middle Ages and through which the Mühlgraben runs.
literature
- Thomas Wozniak : Quedlinburg. Small city history. Pustet, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 3-7917-2605-6 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information from www.mapcoordinates.net for 51.77778481 and 11.12012744
- ↑ Information from www.mapcoordinates.net for 51.83277341 and 11.20748028
- ^ Thomas Wozniak: Quedlinburg. Small city history. Regensburg 2014, p. 37.
- ^ Hans-Hartmut Schauer: Quedlinburg - half-timbered town / world cultural heritage. Berlin 1999, p. 25.
- ^ Thomas Wozniak: Quedlinburg. Small city history. Regensburg 2014, p. 37.
- ^ Thomas Wozniak: Quedlinburg. Small city history. Regensburg 2014, p. 40 f.
- ^ Thomas Wozniak: Quedlinburg. Small city history. Regensburg 2014, 36 f.