Mühlrath mill

Mühlrath mill
Mühlrath mill
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 13 '42 "  N , 6 ° 13' 11"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 13 '42 "  N , 6 ° 13' 11"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Viersen municipality Schwalmtal
Waters	Schwalm
Built	1447 for the first time in a document
Shut down	1937 as a grinding mill, 1960 as a sawmill
technology
use	Oil and grain mill
Grinder	1 grind 1 oil press
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot
Website	Website of the Mühlrather Mühle

The Mühlrather mill in the municipality of Schwalmtal is a water mill with two undershot water wheels.

geography

The Mühlrather Mühle is located on the right-hand side on the middle course of the Schwalm below Brempt, on the outflow of the Hariksee in the municipality of Schwalmtal in the Viersen district . Above is the Brempter Mühle , below was the Frankenmühle . The water level is 44 m above sea level.

history

Below Brempt on the former Geldrischen side is the Mühlrather Hof, which belonged to the Elmpter estate . The Mühlrath Mill, first mentioned in a document in 1447, is located on the Jülich side. It belonged to the Clee house in Burgwaldniel . In 1590 the mill was rebuilt by Werner von Ketzgen and his wife Magdalena and registered under the name "Mulrader Meulen". Later both properties, which were only separated by the Schwalm, were in one hand. The mill was operated as a grinding and oil mill. A meal was compulsory for the village of Dilkrath and part of Amern St. Georg .

The mill is the only one on the Schwalm that has two water wheels , one made of wood, the second was built in 1905 from iron. In 1937 the milling operation was stopped. Until 1960 the mill was still operated as a sawmill . Since that time, the Mühlrath mill has been used as an excursion restaurant and restaurant on Lake Harik. The iron wheel has been an electrical generator for generating electricity since 1995 . The wooden wheel was renewed true to the original in 2002.

Monument entry

The two-storey water mill with a rear entrance facade in five axes with a stone portal , wooden walls and crooked hip roof was built around 1800. The mill wheels have been preserved. The entry is limited to the maintenance of the mill building with the mill wheel and the barn opposite.

List of monuments No. 106

gallery

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  Water wheels of the Mühlrath mill

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  Gasthof Mühlrather Mühle

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  Mühlrather Hof

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  Old millstone

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  Tranchot map from 1806

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  Ferrari map from 1777

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. Krefeld 1998, pages 443-445.
• Horst Jungbluth, Helmuth Elsner: The Schwalm - valley of the mills. Schwalmtal 1989, pages 53-56.

Web links

Commons : Mühlrather Mühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Mühlrather Mühle
• Mill tour

Individual evidence