Pit (Wismar)
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 Mill pit with the old town mill in the background |
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| Water code | DE : 96336 | |
| location | Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania , Germany | |
| River system | pit | |
| River basin district | Warnow / Peene | |
| origin |
Mill pond 53 ° 53 ′ 13 ″ N , 11 ° 28 ′ 34 ″ E |
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| muzzle | in the old harbor in Wismar : 53 ° 53 '43 " N , 11 ° 27' 36" E 53 ° 53 '43 " N , 11 ° 27' 36" E
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| length | approx. 2 km | |
| Medium-sized cities | Wismar | |
The pit is a regulated stream in Wismar in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . On official maps it is called Mühlenbach . In the city center, the pit is divided into the sections Mühlengrube , Fresh Pit and Round Pit, following the direction of flow . The streets running parallel to the watercourse are named after the sections.
course
The Mühlenbach is an outflow from the mill pond . This is fed by the Wallensteingraben and flows through it from south to north. The Mühlenbach leaves the pond on the western bank, passes under the Wismar – Bad Kleinen railway line and runs from there in a northerly direction. South of the station is a park (Lindengarten). A weir dams the Mühlenbach here. After crossing under Bahnhofsstraße, the ditch runs west and reaches the former municipal mill, which is now called the Alte Stadtmühle . From here on the water is called Mühlengrube . Within the northern old town, the pit is enclosed in dry stone masonry . There are cobblestone one-way streets on both sides. At the level of the Schabbellhaus , the name of the water changes to fresh pit . From the goat market in the northwest of the old town to the confluence with the old port, people speak of the round pit . This is bridged by a half-timbered house called the vault .
The watercourse overcomes a difference in altitude of four meters from the mill pond to the mouth. The total length is about two kilometers, embedded through the city center runs 670 meters.
history
The pit was a creek flowing in a depression from the mill pond to the harbor, which was regulated as early as the 13th century, dammed up to operate mills and made navigable. Barges transported goods such as grain, salt and herrings here. The watercourse was also used for washing laundry and for water supply. Wooden pipes (piping) led the water to places with scoops. During city fires, iron gates that had to be brought in from the municipal building yard were used to block the drainage of the pit into the harbor basin at the vault , so that water could be dammed up to extinguish the fire.
In contrast to another watercourse that once existed in the city, the Salze Grube , in which seawater was carried from the port to the hop market, the entire length of the pit was referred to as the fresh pit .
Selection of structures along the route
The streets by the pit are mainly built with simple two- to three-story houses from the late 19th century. At the entrance of the brook into the city center there was already a water mill in 1229. The old town mill , which is preserved today, was built as a steam mill in 1855/1856 and later expanded. It is a historicizing brick building. Following the river, located on the right side, the Nikolai Church , a late Gothic sacred building from the years 1381 to 1487. On the left is from 1569 to 1571, designed by Philipp Brandin for the then Mayor Heinrich Schabbel of a brewery built Schabbelhaus to see in which is now the seat of the City History Museum. Brandin lived and had his workshop at Frischen Grube 15 / 15A. There are several former storage buildings near the port. The round pit is bridged by a two-storey half-timbered building on two barrel-vaulted bridge bays from the middle of the 17th century. The building is known as the vault .
On bridges, the Schweinsbrücke, originally from the middle of the 19th century, and the bridge between Bohrstrasse and Scheuerstrasse from 1875 are worth seeing. Both are brick arch bridges. The Schweinsbrücke was rebuilt after 1994. Since then, four railing posts have been decorated with small, metal pig sculptures. In some places there are still stairs leading down to the water.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Geodata viewer of the Office for Geoinformation, Surveying and Cadastre of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ( information )
- ^ A b c Institute for Monument Preservation (ed.): The architectural and art monuments in the GDR. Mecklenburg coastal region , Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1990, p. 172
- ↑ a b Christel Kindler, Arthur Eulert: The pit in Wismar for connoisseurs. Streifzüge , Weiland, Wismar 2004
- ↑ Alte Stadtmühle at zwillingsmuehlen.de