Pixmühle

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Pixmühle

Bronze plaque of the Pixmühle

Bronze plaque of the Pixmühle

Location and history
Pixmühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Pixmühle
Coordinates 51 ° 8 '18 "  N , 6 ° 27' 12"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 8 '18 "  N , 6 ° 27' 12"  E
Location GermanyGermany Germany
Waters Niers
Built 1509 first documented mention
Shut down 1928
technology
use Oil mill , wage mill and tearing machine
Grinder 1 grind , 1 oil press
drive water wheel
water wheel undershot

The Pixmühle was a water mill with an undershot water wheel on the upper reaches of the Niers in the Mönchengladbach district of Odenkirchen in the Düsseldorf administrative region .

geography

The Pixmühle was located on the right side of the Niers, Pixmühle, in the Mönchengladbach district of Odenkirchen. Above was the Odenkirchen castle mill , below the Bellermühle . The area on which the mill building stood is at a height of approx. 59 m above sea ​​level .

Waters

The Niers (GEWKZ 286) in its old river bed supplied numerous mills with water for centuries until the river was straightened . The Niers rises in Kuckum , a district of the city of Erkelenz . The Niers has a total length of 117.668 km and a total catchment area of ​​1,380.630 km 2 up to its confluence with the Meuse near Gennep (Netherlands) . The source is 73  m above sea level. NN , the mouth at 9  m above sea level. NN . The Niersverband is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water .

history

The Pixmühle was mentioned in a document in 1509 as a muelen in front of Pixhoff uff der Neersen . The original oil mill belonged to the Pixhof and was expanded by another grinder in 1563 by its owner, Mr. von Neuenahr . From now on she was also able to work as a wage mill . Over the centuries there have been frequent changes of ownership. The Pixmühle also had the names Pongsmühle , Grosmühle , Kroschmühle , Tilmansmühle and Untere Mühle . Around 1860 the entrepreneur Cornelius Pongs bought the mill and converted it into a cotton mill . The mill wheel served to drive a tearing machine. The good economic situation allowed the company to expand to include a weaving mill , a roughing mill and a wadding factory . In 1928 the company was relocated to Neuwerk . The Pixmühle and the no longer used factory buildings were closed and demolished in 1930.

gallery

  • The Odenkirchener mills on the Niers

  • Pixmühle street sign

  • Former location of the Pixmühle

  • Course of the Niers in Odenkirchen

  • Level measurement on the Niers

  • Wild geese where the Pixmühle once stood

  • Location of Odenkirchen on the map Newly added from 1912

  • The Pixmühle as Kroschmühle on the original cadastral map from 1846

  • The Pixmühle as a large mill on the Tranchot map 1803–1820

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pages 487-488.
  • Robert Lünendonk: Die Niers and their mills 1st edition November 2012, ISBN 978-3-8375-0741-6 , pages 47-48, 94-96.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ http://www.lanuv.nrw.de/fileadmin/lanuv/wasser/pdf/Gewaesserverzeichnis%20GSK3C.xls
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lanuv.nrw.de
  4. ↑ http://www.Niersverband.de/