Maltese mill
The Maltesermühle was a fruit mill in the Herrenstrunden district of Bergisch Gladbach an der Strunde . It was also called Mühle zu Herrenstrunden (so the name 1521) or the Strunder Mühle (1773). Today it is only used for residential purposes.
history
The Maltese mill was first mentioned in a document in 1325 as the mill of the Johanniter zu Herrenstrunden . She always belonged to the coming men’s round. The oldest surviving lease from 1521 documents that the miller Heinrich and his wife Eva leased the mill for twelve years. The rent was ten gold florins and ten malter grain. Furthermore, the Maltese Commandery was free to bake and grind. The married couple Heinrich Lohe and Katharina Roderborn were the last to lease the old mill in 1697 for twelve years. Then it had to be replaced by a new building.
The mill building, which still exists today, bears the year of completion 1728 as a wall anchor. Above the door, the Commander at the time had his coat of arms carved and the inscription:
"CARL FRANS FREYHERR VON WACHTENDONCK HERR ZU GERMENZELL
SIO RITTER AND COMMANDEUR TO MEN'S LESSONS"
In 1732 the day laborer Tonnes Marx was supposed to lubricate the wheel of the mill, when the gear suddenly started. Marx had two fingers torn off. A dispute arose as to who would have to pay the costs of the surgeon and adequate compensation for pain and suffering. It ended with two cows seized from the miller in order to satisfy Marx with the proceeds and at the same time to cover the legal costs.
In 1806 the Rheinbund initiated the dissolution of the Order of Malta and the expropriation of the entire order property. The previous tenant Kaspar Neuhäuser initially stayed in the mill. Since no craftsman came forward for work that had to be publicly tendered, the tenant had no choice but to manufacture a new axle for the mill wheel himself and to replace the sleeper under the mill bed. He received 85 Reichstaler for this. In 1815 a new millstone had to be procured, and further expensive repairs followed. As a result, the state tried to sell the unprofitable property in 1823. But at first it was not possible to find a buyer. In 1823 Johann Häck followed for twelve years as a tenant for 290 Reichstaler annual rent. But in and around the mill had to be repaired constantly. As the mill no longer had compulsory rights and new mills had been built in the area, sales fell. Several attempts were unsuccessful to sell the mill and the nearby manure yard. Obviously the price was set too high.
On July 4, 1835, the farmer Theodor Koch bought the Maltesermühle and the Mistenhof with nine acres of land for 10,000 thalers . From 1836 he leased the mill to his son-in-law Franz Neuhäuser. He exchanged them with his brother-in-law Johann Koch for the court of the Maltese Coming Party. Koch became the owner of the mill in 1854. He brought the run-down operation back up and also made grain brandy and mustard . The mill changed hands several times. From 1930 the millers Josef Hambüchen and Josef Eck only occasionally used the mill for their own needs, as did the married couple Josef Brochhaus and Maria Höller, who bought the mill in 1938. When the mill ditch broke in 1944, operations were finally stopped. Since then, the mill building has only served as a residential building.
monument
The Maltesermühle is listed under No. 36 as a monument in the list of architectural monuments in Bergisch Gladbach .
See also
literature
- Determination and order for the Strunderbach, printed by Chr.Illinger, Bergisch Gladbach o. J., (it concerns the Bach order and the Bach protocol from 1823 after a copy from 1854)
- Anton Jux: The Johanniter-Kommende Herrenstrunden and parish history , Bergisch Gladbach 1956
- Frank Schulte: The mills on the Strunde , Bergisch Gladbach, 1979, ISBN 3-932326-02-4
- Hans-Ludwig Arnold based on a manuscript by Monsignor Peter Opladen: Coming and parish Herrenstrunden in their historical development , Odenthal-Eikamp 1998
- Herbert Nicke : Bergische Mühlen, On the traces of the use of water power in the land of a thousand mills between Wupper and Sieg , Wiehl 1998, p. 246, ISBN 3-931251-36-5
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Hans Leonhard Brenner : The Strunde and their Bergisch Gladbacher Mühlen , Bergisch Gladbach 2012, p. 46ff., ISBN 3-932326-67-9
Web links
- Source of Wealth for the Knights of the Order Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, accessed on October 1, 2012
Coordinates: 51 ° 0 ′ 25 ″ N , 7 ° 10 ′ 45 ″ E