Markusmühle

Eifgenbachtal nature reserve and side valleys in the vicinity of the Markusmühle

The Markusmühle was once a water mill and from the 1970s to 1984 a well-known regional excursion destination in Wermelskirchen . It is located on Landstrasse 294 in the Eifgental - the Eifgenbach is one of the 16 tributaries of the Dhünn between Hilgen and Dabringhausen .

history

The mill was built in 1465 by Friedrich von Lambsfuß. In 1571 Marxen von der Odder leads a Reich Chamber Court process with the owner of the Rausmühle . In 1666 Marcus Müller participates in the hereditary homage in Ostringhausen . Around 1671 the old mill was replaced by a new one. Since then, it has been called the Markusmühle after its owner at the time, Johann Marcus .

In 1727 the hunting limit of the Bornefeld office is described. It goes from the castle up the Wupper to Müngsten, there on the Morsbach to the Gerstau and to Ibach and Mickensiefen on Born, through the Rattenberg on three trees to Gerffster (?) Lindenbaum on the Neuemühle then down the Dhünn on the Sibelsmühle Altenberg Monastery then up the Eifgen via Markusmühle to the Buddenberg there on Neuenhaus via the Tringenberg to the Sengbacher Steg over the mountain to the Burger signpost.

In 1750 the Otten or Markus mill has a man named Sieger there and gives a thaler on martini.

The hunting district border between Wilh. from Gülich, Dhünnenburg, and Altenberg Monastery runs over the Marcusmühle in 1762.

In 1805 Heinrich Löhmer is mentioned in the Markusmühle. The Löhmer family owned the mill until 1915. Josef Wiemer, innkeeper, followed in 1918, Alois Grüterich in 1928 and August Kegel, architect in 1933.

After the mill burned down completely in 1937, it was rebuilt by August Kegel in 1938. You could read the following inscription on the house that stood directly on the stream: “Rebuilt after the fire. August Kegel. “On the back one could marvel at the Bergische Löwen, which later fell victim to renovation work.

In 1975/1976, various parts of the land and buildings in the Markusmühle were acquired by real estate agent Udo Steiner and his wife Malande Steiner (née Wolski), renovated and individual parts (buildings with smaller areas) were sold. Today, some larger areas are still privately owned by the Steiner / Wolski family, even if some parts were expropriated for the benefit of the general public for the Dhünntalsperre.

On New Year's Eve 1984 the mill and the inn burned down to the ground and was no longer rebuilt.

An old postcard from the beginning of the 20th century shows a total of five outbuildings, as well as a wooden bridge that still exists today, which runs over the Eifgenbach. There are several larger fish and breeding tanks near the former Markusmühle. The five buildings included a barn and a dance hall. Both were converted into residential properties by the Steiner / Wolski family and these are still lived in today.

Before 1976 the ponds were on the opposite side of the current facility.

Sources and literature

State archive NRW HStAD Jülich-Berg III 931
Landesarchiv NRW HSTAD Jülich-Berg III R Amt Burg 1, Pag 73V
Landesarchiv NRW HSTAD Jülich-Berg Berg.Gerichte, Bornefeld No. 35
Paul Haendeler: Markusmühle versus Rausmühle: A process from d. 16th century , December 1940, in: "Bergischer Volksbote" (newspaper), Burscheid / Cologne
NJBreidenbach, Families, Property and Taxes ..., Wermelskirchen 2003, Verlag Gisela Breidenbach, ISBN 3-9802801-8-7
Herbert Nicke : Bergische Mühlen , Galunder-Verlag, Wiehl, 1998, ISBN 3-931251-36-5

Web links

New opening of Cafe Forellenhof Markusmühle , accessed on February 14, 2019

51.0876 7.1655Coordinates: 51 ° 5 ' N , 7 ° 10' E