Radstube
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Radstube is a term used to describe a mining above or underground structure, which for receiving a for driving a Art serving water wheel ( artificial or Kehrrad is provided).
The rapidly developing mining industry in the Middle Ages required steady, powerful and inexpensive energy sources to operate , due to rapidly increasing production volumes, steadily increasing depths and, in particular, increasing demands on the drainage of a mine . One way to meet these requirements was through hydropower and, consequently, the construction of water wheels. These were enclosed with protective buildings, the wheel rooms , to protect them from the weather .
The name “Radstube” was later also applied to underground mines intended to accommodate a waterwheel . Here, too, it had to be ensured that the water used to drive the waterwheel can drain off permanently.
The construction of underground bike rooms in particular was associated with high costs and effort.
Mills
The term Radstube was also used for "the container in which the water wheel hangs in the case of top-tube mills".
literature
- Alfred Nehls: All wealth lay in the earth. Gronenberg, Gummersbach 1993, ISBN 3-88265-180-6
