Marienthaler Mill

The title of this article is ambiguous. Further meanings are listed under Marienthaler Mühle (disambiguation) .

Marienthaler Mill
Marienthaler Mühle on the new record in 1892
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 55 '32 "  N , 6 ° 5' 39"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 55 '32 "  N , 6 ° 5' 39"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Übach-Palenberg
Waters	worm
Built	1831/32
Shut down	around 1946
technology
use	Grain , barley and oil mill
Grinder	1 grind
drive	1 water wheel
water wheel	undershot

The Marienthaler Mühle was a water mill with two undershot water wheels on the Wurm in the town of Übach-Palenberg in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The Marienthal mill had its site in St. Mary's Street in the district of Marienberg in the city Übach-Palenberg. The altitude at which the mill once stood is around 84 m above sea ​​level . The Rimburg mills were located above, the Zweibrügger mill below .

Waters

The worm supplied numerous mills with water over a river length of 53 km. The source of the worm is located south of Aachen at 265 m above sea level, the confluence with the Rur is in the town of Kempen in the city of Heinsberg at 32 m above sea level. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, worm straightening was carried out. The curving, now and then meandering course of the river disappeared in favor of a simple route . The river length shortened and the flow speed increased. For many people the flood protection improved , for the mills it was the end. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water body with a catchment area of 355.518 km ² .

History of the grinding mill

The Marienthaler Mühle was built in 1831/32, making it the second youngest mill on the Wurm. The mill is named after the church patroness Maria and because it was in the valley Marien-Thaler-Mühle . It was an oil, grain and barley mill and was driven by two water wheels. The grinding mill survived operation undamaged until the end of the war . Only an explosion of large quantities of ammunition from World War II , which was stored nearby, destroyed the mill and sealed its end. Where the mill once stood is now an apartment building.

cards

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  Marienberg on the first recording from 1846

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  Marienberg on the tranchot card 1805/1807

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pages 283-284.

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

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

Homepage of the city of Übach-Palenberg

Individual evidence

1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ http://www.wver.de/