Obermühle (Höxter)
The upper mill in the district town of Höxter in North Rhine-Westphalia is a former mill of the Corvey monastery .
history
The story goes that there were two grain mills at the pit , which flowed almost dead straight through the city . The upper mill, which always belonged to the Abbot of Corvey, was directly behind the entrance of the stream into the city . It was first mentioned in a document in 1305.
In 1787 she had two grinding courses and one oil course . There were also about eleven acres of garden, field and meadow. Since 1787 she was then Johann Hartmann in long lease to 1837 remained, the family of the owner. In that year the miller Carl Friedrich Müller from Schöningen bought the company. Shortly afterwards he erected the new building, which has been restored today.
An expert report reveals that in the middle of the 19th century the mill had three overshot grinding stages, two for grain and one for oil with a press . Only one grinder could be operated continuously throughout the year, while the other two (mostly in summer) were only switched on on a daily basis.
It was in 1305 when the Corvey provost Friedrich leased the mill to the city for 15 solid . At that time the mill was still close to Höxter. However, it was mentioned within Höxter as early as 1361. The city was expanding enormously at the time. Then Hoexter seems no longer to the mill lease to have had. Hans Hachmeyer (1637), Heinrich der Obermüller (1647), Obermüller Schlüter (1701), Johann Heinrich Hachmeyer (1703), Heinrich Howinkel (1709, married Elisabeth Detmeln) and Heinrich Jürgen Mühlbein (1711 married Anna Sophia Freisen) were the first officially proven Obermüller . The list of other millers is long. Potthof and Rosenfeld, Wulf and Joseph Hartmann (1783), who bought the mill on inheritance and interest from Corvey. It was followed by Carl Hartmann, who took the citizens 'oath on December 24, 1822 and paid 37 thalers and 21 silver groschen citizens' money . In 1836 the estimated value was 500 thalers plus 20 thalers for the barn. Just one year later, Karl Friedrich Müller from Wirzensberg in the Principality of Hildesheim bought the mill, tore down the barn and replaced it with a two-storey eaves house. He also took the citizen's oath. By the way, the citizens' money was already 29 thalers and 6 groschen back then .
The chronicle of the town of Höxter reported in 1840 about Friedrich Müller in addition to his age (38 years) and his marriage to Christiane Buschmann (41 years). The miller had two stepdaughters at the time: Christiane Rhode (26) and Sophie Rhode (24). Son Hermann Müller later married Christine Dürge and in 1864 was happy about daughter Emilie. In 1956, the master miller Ernst Müller was the last operator to be identified. The history of the Obermühle was similar to that of the countless generations of master millers and their families who did their hard work.
The upper mill was restored in the early 1980s. In 1989 the building was listed as a historical monument .
Since 1987 there has been a residential and commercial building in the front part ( half-timbered ) of the historic mill. A café opened in the back in April 1993. A Greek restaurant has been located there since March 2010.
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 34 " N , 9 ° 22 ′ 36.6" E