Pletschmühle (Niers)

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Pletschmühle (Niers)

Former location of the Pletschmühle in Wanlo

Former location of the Pletschmühle in Wanlo

Location and history
Pletschmühle (Niers) (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Pletschmühle (Niers)
Coordinates 51 ° 5 '58 "  N , 6 ° 24' 45"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '58 "  N , 6 ° 24' 45"  E
Location GermanyGermany Germany
Waters Niers
Built First mentioned in 1533
Shut down 1870 because of straightening the kidney
technology
use Fulling Mill u. Grinding mill
Grinder Grinding mill
drive 1 water wheel
water wheel overshot

The Pletschmühle was a water mill with an overshot water wheel on the upper reaches of the Niers in the Mönchengladbach district of Wanlo in the administrative district of Düsseldorf .

geography

The Pletschmühle was located on the right side of the Niers on the street An der Mühle 17 in the Mönchengladbach district of Wanlo. About 400 m above was the Schwalmer mill , below the Kappelsmühle . The area on which the mill building stood has a height of approx. 67 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 source of the Niers is 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 first written mention of the Pletschmühle goes back to 1533. Around 1650 it belonged to the Keyenberg family, a manor south of Wanlo. After long inheritance processes, Mühlenplatz was auctioned off in 1692/93. The rotten mill was rebuilt and used as a grinding mill .

The mill was first operated as a fulling mill . The upstream mill pond and the overshot water wheel of the mill ensured good energy utilization. The excessive use and the rippling water gave the mill its name. After a change of ownership in 1817, the mill was also named Brandsmühle after the owner . Today only the street name An der Mühle reminds of the former location. With the straightening of the Niers in 1870, the mill operation was also stopped.

gallery

  • Street name An der Mühle

  • The location of Wanlo on the map Newly recorded from 1912

  • The location of Wanlo on the Tranchot map 1803–1820

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide . 2nd Edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , page 479.
  • Robert Lünendonk: The Niers and their mills . 1st edition November 2012, ISBN 978-3-8375-0741-6 , pages 27-28, 82-83.

Web links

Commons : Pletschmühle (Niers)  - 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/