Niedermühle Bad Düben
The Niedermühle Bad Düben is a grinding and sawmill on the Schleifbach in Bad Düben, first mentioned in 1351 .
history
Mill
The Niedermühle near the Schleifbach was first mentioned in 1351, in 1902 Max Küster sr. (born 1879 in Schwemsal , trained beer brewer) Mr. Schneider's Niedermühle. At that time it was a grinding and sawmill , and the sawmill was destroyed by fire. Max Küster sr. expanded the agriculture , built a barn and stables into a three-sided courtyard . On September 18, 1926, a bakery was added, which was an advantage for the farmers, as they put their grain into the mill and the flourthen brought them to the bakery and saved them a trip. Max Küster Sr. drove twice a week. with the horse and the bread wagon across the villages and delivered the bread to the farmers for 30 pfennigs per three kilo bread. The mill and bakery were operated by Max and Elli Küster until 1960, then the bakery was closed and the mill was stopped in the early 1960s. In 1962, the trained baker Jürgen Paetsch reopened the bakery, from then on it was baked exclusively for the HO department store . In 1978 and 1979 the bakery was enlarged by expanding stables and modernizing the facilities. Today the bakery operates three branches in Bad Düben and one in Delitzsch. It also supplies hotels, rehabilitation clinics and forest hospitals as well as delicatessen stores between Berlin and Leipzig with baked goods.
family
Max Küster sr. married in 1904 Olga Griehl, the daughter of the mountain ship miller at the alum factory, in 1906 came son Max Küster jr. zur Welt and in 1908 son Fritz Küster, who died very early. Max Küster Jr. married his wife Elli Strähnz in 1932 and their daughters Christa Küster (* 1932), Gudrun Küster (* 1936) and Barbara Küster (* 1950) were born. In 1942 Max Küster jr. go to war, in 1946 his father Max Küster sr. died. whereupon the daughter-in-law Elli continued to manage the business with mill, bakery and agriculture. After the end of the war Max Küster Jr. came. 1948 returned from captivity as a prisoner of war with health problems. The daughter Gudrun Küster married her husband Jürgen Paetsch in 1959, their son Heiko Paetsch was born in 1959. Heiko Paetsch passed his master craftsman examination in 1989, and in 2000 Jürgen Paetsch handed over the bakery to his son Heiko Paetsch, who runs the bakery to this day and operates several sales outlets in Bad Düben.
family tree
| Olga Griehl | Max Küster Sr. (* 1879) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elli Strähnz | Max Küster jun. (* 1906) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Christa Küster (* 1932) | Gudrun Küster (* 1936) | Jürgen Paetsch | Barbara Küster (* 1950) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Heiko Paetsch (* 1959) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Events
Mill day
The German Mill Day takes place every year on Whit Monday . On this occasion, the mill opens its doors to visitors and invites you to a “mill feast”.
Courtyard party
Since 2006 there has been an annual court festival on October 3rd at the Niedermühle . The mill and the bakery can be visited with music and entertainment .
Advent glow
In December, the pre-Christmas season, an Advent glow with a colorful Advent market is carried out in cooperation with the Obermühle Bad Düben association.
Web links
- Bad Düben: former Niedermühle / Paetsch bakery - Mühlenregion Nordsachsen eV
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Steffen Brost: Bad Dübener bakery has existed for 90 years - on public holidays there is a courtyard party. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung. October 1, 2016, accessed September 6, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Bad Düben: former Niedermühle / Paetsch bakery. In: Verein Mühlenregion Nordsachsen eV. Accessed on September 17, 2017 .
Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 58.9 " N , 12 ° 34 ′ 27.7" E