Rommelmühle
| Rommelmühle
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 Rommelmühle an der Enz, April 2007 |
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| Coordinates | 48 ° 56 '55 " N , 9 ° 5' 55" E | |
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 Germany
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| Waters | Enz | |
| Shut down | 1996 | |
| Status | Building is used for services, shopping, events and living | |
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| use | Flour mill | |
| drive | Watermill | |
| Website | www.rommelmühle.de | |
The listed Rommelmühle is a former water mill located on the Enz in the Bissingen district of the city of Bietigheim-Bissingen in the Ludwigsburg district in Baden-Württemberg . The weir was first mentioned in a document in 1325.
Today's mill
The mighty seven-story main building still defines the townscape of Bissingen today. The listed clinker brick facade was preserved and only changed by adding additional buildings, balconies and openings in the exposed brickwork . The living rooms inside consist of lofts extending over two levels . Four turbines were installed in the turbine ducts of the former mill under the building , which generate electricity using hydropower , which is then fed into the power grid. The waste heat from the turbines is used to heat the building. The energy generation is supplemented by a gas-fired combined heat and power plant with a combined heat and power plant , which also generates electricity. The waste heat is used for heating in winter and for cooling the restaurant and organic supermarket in summer. The rainwater is fed to rainwater harvesting by means of cisterns .
The barrage and the weir are almost unchanged, the area of the river was otherwise largely renatured. A beer garden was integrated into the bank area. The other structures, such as the carports, were built in the direction of the river's flow so as not to create any further damming during floods .
history
The weir was first mentioned in a document in 1325. In 1475 an inheritance contract was signed between the then owners of the mill, the lords of Sachsenheim and the leaseholder. The foundations that still exist today are also dated to this period. In 1854 the mill was sold to Karl Rommel, who rebuilt it after the fire in 1903 in the form still visible today. At the same time, a - meanwhile closed - connecting line to Bietigheim station went into operation. As early as 1930 the middle part of the mill burned down again so that the machinery could be renewed. In 1939, 24,000 tons of grain could be processed, making the mill the most efficient in Württemberg . Stuttgarter Bäckermühlen AG bought the mill in 1976, which remained the largest mill in Württemberg until it was closed in 1996. Production was relocated to a new mill in Stuttgart on the Neckar .
After the abandonment of the mill, the building was converted into an ecological residential and commercial building by the property developer Archy Nova for around 30 million marks. In addition to 40 apartments, a 4-storey organic department store with a service center was opened on 7,900 square meters. The renovation costs for the entire project amounted to around 40 million D-Marks. In addition to food, ecological clothing and furniture as well as other items were offered on 6500 square meters of sales area. The house called itself "Germany's first eco-department store". It was operated by the real estate fund "Rommelmühle GmbH & Co. KG" (initial volume 12.3 million D-Marks), which wanted to achieve an annual turnover of 22 million D-Marks. However, the concept failed in parts. In 2003 the department store filed for bankruptcy, but the apartments remained in use. In 2005, the Bietigheimer Wohnbau building cooperative acquired the former department store and converted it into additional living space and around a third of office and commercial space by 2007 for investments of around ten million euros. Today, in addition to several service companies, an organic supermarket and a restaurant with a beer garden are located in the commercial area.
literature
- Judith Breuer : Rommelmühle in Bissingen. Grain mill becomes an ecological department store and residential building. In: Preservation of monuments in Baden-Württemberg , 27th year 1998, issue 2, p. 78ff. ( PDF )
- Frank H. Griesel: Green shopping frenzy. Europe's largest environmental adventure department store has opened in Bietigheim-Bissingen near Stuttgart. in Greenpeace Magazine 1/1999 ( Link )
- Stefan Kriz: The big hit. Model project for living and working . In: ECOregio 3/1996, pp. 6–8 ( Link ; PDF file; 873 kB)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Bietigheim-Bissingen: Rommelmühle , In: Portal for the sustainable internal development of cities and municipalities in Baden-Württemberg of the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure Baden-Württemberg, accessed on February 3, 2013
- ↑ a b c Stefan Kriz: The big throw. Model project for living and working in: ECOregio 3/1996, pages 6–8
- ↑ History of the Rommelmühle on the homepage , accessed on February 3, 2013
- ↑ Shopping stamp with organic seal: Many ideas - little success In: Immobilien Zeitung September 30, 2003. Accessed on November 23, 2015.
- ↑ Top address on the Enz: Loft apartments in old mill In: Immobilien Zeitung August 14, 2008. Accessed November 23, 2015.
- ↑ Concept Archy Nova zur Rommelmühle (PDF file; 699 kB), accessed on February 3, 2013