Pletzmühle

Pletzmühle
Pletzmühle on the new record in 1892
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 29 '27 "  N , 6 ° 19' 33"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '27 "  N , 6 ° 19' 33"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Kleve district City of Geldern
Waters	Gelderner Fleuth
Built	before 1403
Shut down	1930
technology
use	Oil , pearl barley and grain mill
Grinder	1 grinding cycle 1 oil press alternately
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot

The Pletzmühle on the Tranchot card 1802/03

The Pletzmühle was a water mill located on the Geldern Fleuth in the city of Geldern with an undershot water wheel .

geography

The Pletzmühle was located on the Gelderner Fleuth, Möhlendyck / In de Middag, in the Baersdonk district, in the city of Geldern, Kleve district , in North Rhine-Westphalia .

The Geldern Fleuth has a height of approx. 23 m above sea ​​level . The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Niersverband , which is based in Viersen .

history

The Pletz mill belonged to Hof ter Moilen , a money skills fief that was mentioned 1403rd In 1423 a Sander ter Molen was named on a list of feudal people who were called up to defend the city of Geldern after the death of Duke Reinald IV , as a war of succession was feared. In 1824 Peter Nilkens is the owner , who in 1847 receives permission to set up a barley and oil corridor on his grain mill , in addition to the previous fruit grinding, so that the various plants can only be operated alternately. Milling was stopped around 1930.

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. 2nd Edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 .
• Susanne Sommer: Mills on the Lower Rhine . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1113-3 .

Web links

Commons : Pletzmühle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.niersverband.de/