Obermühle (Aachen)

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Obermühle

The Obermühle in Aachen-Horbach

The Obermühle in Aachen - Horbach

Location and history
Obermühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Obermühle
Coordinates 50 ° 50 '28 "  N , 6 ° 3' 30"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 50 '28 "  N , 6 ° 3' 30"  E
Location Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
City region Aachen
Aachen-Horbach
Waters Amstelbach
Built 1241
Shut down 1964
technology
use Grinding mill
Grinder 1 grind
drive Watermill
water wheel overshot
Website Website of the Obermühle

The Obermühle was an overshot watermill on the Amstelbach in the city of Aachen in the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​region of Aachen in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The Obermühle was located on the Amstelbach on Scherbstrasse, in the Aachen- Horbach district in the Aachen city region. It was at a height of approx. 144 m above sea ​​level . The upper mill was the first mill on the Amstelbach, below the lower mill was located .

  • cards

  • Hiking map around the Obermühle

  • Obermühle on the tranchot card 1805/07

  • The upper mill on the first recording in 1846

  • The upper mill on the new record from 1892

Waters

The Amstelbach has its source near the village of Nierstein in the Richterich district in the Aachen city region. The source area lies at a height of approx. 183 m above sea level. The stream with a length of 13.5 km flows in a northerly direction. At Pannesheide the Amstelbach briefly becomes the border river between Germany and the Netherlands and then crosses the Anstelvallei (Amsteltal), Kerkrade's green heart, as Anselderbeek. Opposite the district of Hofstadt, the stream flows into the Wurm at a height of 98 m above sea level in the town of Übach-Palenberg in the district of Heinsberg , after the Strijthagerbeek has been taken up beforehand . The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water with a catchment area of ​​25.7 km² .

history

The knight seat Heyden was built around 1300 by the von dem Bongart dynasty . From 1361 it was the center and administrative seat of the “Heydener Ländchen” of a Jülich subordinate . A few hundred meters away was the associated water mill, the upper mill with an overshot water wheel, which was first mentioned in 1241. As a stately facility, the mill was a ban mill for the villages of Richterich and Horbach. In front of the mill was a large mill pond in which the Amstel and Horbach rivers were diverted. From 1594 the mill was leased several times. The mill worked until 1964 and was shut down due to lack of water. Today, after renovation work, the buildings are used for further education.

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  • Main entrance of the Obermühle

  • The courtyard of the Obermühle

  • Aerial view of the entire courtyard and mill complex

  • The Amstelbach in the area of ​​the Obermühle

  • Rear building with courtyard entrance

  • Millstone as a reminder of old times in the courtyard area

  • Existing wheel axle in the wheel house of the Obermühle

  • The old gear train of the Obermühle

Monument entry

Gut Obermühle, Scherbstrasse 171, until 1964 a grain mill, today a conference center, extensively restored from 1986–1994. List of monuments Aachen-Richterich

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pp. 261-263
  • Erich Mertes • Daniel Heidenbluth • Peter Bertram: Mills of the Eifel Volume II, Die Nordeifel, 2005, ISBN 3-938208-09-0 , pp. 163–164

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

Commons : Obermühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Website and picture gallery of the Obermühle

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
  3. ↑ http://www.wver.de/