Neumühle (Wegberg)

Neumühle
Neumühle between Rickelrath and Schwaam
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 10 ′ 21 ″  N , 6 ° 16 ′ 51 ″  E Coordinates: 51 ° 10 ′ 21 ″  N , 6 ° 16 ′ 51 ″  E
Location	Germany  North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Wegberg
Waters	Schwalm
Built	1397 first documented mention
Shut down	1926 (mill operation)
Status	The mill was demolished in 1975
technology
use	Flour mill and oil press
Grinder	2 grinding courses 2 oil mill
drive	Watermill
water wheel	Wooden wheel, undershot

The Neumühle was a water mill with an undershot water wheel in North Rhine-Westphalia.

geography

The Neumühle was located at Landesstrasse 367, Schwaamer Strasse between Rickelrath and Schwaam . The mill had no pond . The location of the mill was 64 m above sea level. At the Neumühle the upper reaches of the Schwalm ends and the middle reaches begin.

The Neumühle was on the right side of the Schwalm , which has its source in Genhof , a district of the town of Erkelenz .

history

The Neumühle was named "Neue Mühle" on the Tranchot map. It was first mentioned in a document in 1397, when the Neumühle was mentioned in a tax bill from "Rabold von Brembt, Dorst and Rentmeister von Montfort and Erkelenz". In 1506 the Neumühle is described in the books of the church archive as "Stysmoelen" and "Niuus-Moelen". The miller was called Newmüller .

The Neumühle was the first mill on the Schwalm that did not need a pond because of the abundant flowing water. In 1826 the mill had an undershot water wheel with which two grinding stages and two oil presses can be operated. A grinding stage was in operation for 16 hours a day and a press for six hours. Around 500 tons of grain were milled annually during this time. In 1875 a hurricane-like storm raged, which even threw the waterwheel off its hinges.

The mill operation was stopped in 1926 in the course of the swallow straightening. In 1931 a license was granted to serve non-alcoholic drinks. The Wegberg community finally bought the building in 1950. The grinders were removed because they were in disrepair. Some rooms were rented out as apartments. At the beginning of the 1970s, the mill stood empty, fell into disrepair and was finally demolished in 1975. Today there is a sewage treatment plant on the site of the Neumühle .

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  Detail from the Ferraris map from 1777

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  Prussian first recording 1836–1850

literature

• Lower Rhine water mills - guide by Hans Vogt
• The Schwalm - Valley of the Mills by Horst Jungblut - Helmut Elstner
• Home book of the city of Wegberg - Compiled by Heinz Cohnen
• Wegberg cultural guide

Web links

Commons : Neumühle Wegberg-Rickelrath  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Stadtmarketing Wegberg (Ed.): Discover Wegberg in the valley of the 24 mills . 2013 ( wegbergermuehlen-leudalmolens.eu [PDF; 2.0 MB ; accessed on February 13, 2016]).
• Mill tour

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.rp-online.de/niederrhein-sued/kreis-heinsberg/nachrichten/die-fast-vergessenen-muehlen-1.691065