Pump mills

Pump mills
The former pump house of the pump mills
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 49 ′ 45 "  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 16"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 45 "  N , 6 ° 6 ′ 16"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia City region Aachen Würselen
Waters	worm
Built	1st H. 17th century
Shut down	around 1920
technology
use	Oil, grinding, copper and grinding mills
Grinder	Grinding mills and oil presses
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot

The pumper mills were water mills on the Wurm , which powered pumps for pit drainage in the city of Würselen in the North Rhine-Westphalian urban region of Aachen in the administrative district of Cologne . From 1648 these mills were converted and used as oil, grinding, copper and grinding mills.

geography

The pump mills were located at the Wurm at Waldstrasse / Pumper Mühle 3, in the city of Würselen. The mills were at a height of approx. 125 m above sea ​​level . Above was the Teutermühle and the pump art , below was the Bardenberger Mühle .

Waters

The worm supplied numerous mills with water over a river length of 53 km. The source of the worm is located south of Aachen at 265 m above sea level, the confluence with the Rur is in the town of Kempen in the city of Heinsberg at 32 m above sea level. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water body with a catchment area of ​​355.518 km ² .

history

In the case of the pump mills, the development was the opposite of that of the Teutermühle and pump art. Already in the early 17th century mining with water power - swamps was operated in the pit "Der Haan" . However, after a few decades, mining was stopped again. Since mining no longer took up this location, the Aachen magistrate granted some copper masters the right to build copper mills on the former pump from his Schleiden feudal lordship . The damming heights had to be adhered to, just like in the mining industry.

Several mills were built. A later report even mentions six mills. Around 1750 thimbles were produced in three mills . At the beginning of the 19th century, oil, grinding and grinding mills for sewing needles are reported. The last pump mill was closed around 1920.

gallery

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  Information board about the Pumper mills near the location

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  Pumper mills on the new record in 1892

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  Pumper mills on the first recording in 1846

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  Pumper mills on the tranchot card 1805/07

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , p. 263
• Erich Mertes • Daniel Heidenbluth • Peter Bertram: Mills of the Eifel Volume II, Die Nordeifel, 2005, ISBN 3-938208-09-0 , p. 149

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

Commons : Pumper Mills  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

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