Süggerather mill

Süggerather mill
Süggerath mill in Geilenkirchen - Süggerath
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 58 '44 "  N , 6 ° 9' 6"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 58 '44 "  N , 6 ° 9' 6"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Geilenkirchen
Waters	worm
Built	1456
Shut down	1940
technology
use	Oil and grinder mill
Grinder	1 grind 1 oil press
drive	2 water wheels
water wheel	undershot

The Süggerather Mühle was a water mill with two undershot water wheels on the Wurm in the city of Geilenkirchen in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The Süggerather mill had its location on the right side of the worm at the Mühlenkamp, in the district Süggerath in the town of Geilenkirchen. The land on which the mill building stands today is approx. 64 m above sea ​​level . The Horriger mill was located above, and the Müllendorfer mill was below .

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

The first mention of the Süggerather mill goes back to 1456. At this point in time, the moelen zo sugroide is awarded to Emondt von Palant zu Weisweiler as a parental inheritance . In 1689 the mill was administered by the Randerather court in Prummer . In 1795 the miller Daniel Exdens was named in the official registers. It is known from the 19th century that the mill was an oil and grinding mill . It was served by two undershot water wheels . A severe flood in 1940 destroyed the mill, which was not rebuilt. The miller's house now serves as a residential building. Since the worm was straightened, the worm has been flowing a few hundred meters from the former river bed and from the site. People in Süggerath life since the river laying a life without fear and terror against flooding.

gallery

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  The buildings of the former Süggerather mill

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  The Wurm near Süggerath, in the background the Horriger Mühle

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  Süggerath on the first recording from 1846

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  Süggerath on the new recording from 1892

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  The Süggerather mill 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 292-293.
• 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 : Süggerather Mühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the city of Geilenkirchen

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/