Randerather oil mill

Randerather oil mill
The Randerather oil mill in Randerath
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 0 '56 "  N , 6 ° 10' 49"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 0 '56 "  N , 6 ° 10' 49"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Heinsberg
Waters	worm
Built	1503
Shut down	1930
technology
use	Oil and grinder mill
Grinder	1 grind 1 oil press
drive	1 water wheel
water wheel	undershot

The Randerather Ölmühle was a water mill with an undershot water wheel on the Wurm in the city of Heinsberg in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The edge Rather oil mill had its location on the right side of the worm at the Bush Street, in the district Randerath in the town of Heinsberg. The plot of land on which the mill building stood is approx. 53 m above sea ​​level . The mill was in the direct vicinity of the Bommers mill . Above stood the Müllendorfer mill , below the Porselener mill since 1799 .

Waters

The worm supplied numerous mills with water over a river length of 53 km. The source of the worm is south of Aachen at 265 m above sea level. The confluence with the Rur is in the town of Kempen in the town of Heinsberg at 32 m above sea level. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, worm straightening was carried out. The curving, now and then meandering course of the river disappeared in favor of a simple route . The river length shortened and the flow speed increased. For many people the flood protection improved , for the mills it was the end. 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 former Jülich town of Randerath there were four mills. Two mills, the Lambertz Mühle and the Brünkers Mühle , stood at the Junge Wurm , the Randerather Ölmühle and the Bommers Mühle stood at the Alte Wurm in front of the city ​​gate . The Randerather oil mill, which also had a grinder , was mentioned in the first known message in a ducal lease in 1503. Leaseholder of the Olichsmoele vur our Stat was the Amptman zu Randeroide . In 1794 the mill was confiscated by the French revolutionary troops and later sold to a private citizen. In 1875 the oil mill was closed because of cheap oil imports. The grinding operation was switched to a steam engine . The grinding mill was now also named Dampfmühle Nellen or Heffels-Mühle after its owners . In 1930 the mill was closed. The mill yard and mill were destroyed in the Second World War . The stall along the worm was preserved.

gallery

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  Preserved farm buildings of the Randerather oil mill

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  Building of the Randerather oil mill on the Wurm

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  The mill once stood near the Buschtor (city gate)

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  Level measuring station near the Randerather oil mill

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  Randerath with mill symbol on the first recording from 1846

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  Randerath with mill symbol on the new recording from 1892

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  Randerath with mill symbol on the tranchot card 1805/1807

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pages 294-295.
• Ms. Haubrock: The mills of the former Randerath office, home calendar of the Selfkant district Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg 1961, pages 25–29.

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

Commons : Randerather Ölmühle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the city of Heinsberg

Individual evidence

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