Schafhausen oil mill

Schafhausen oil mill
The Schafhausen oil mill, now a residential building
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 3 '15 "  N , 6 ° 7' 2"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 3 '15 "  N , 6 ° 7' 2"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Heinsberg
Waters	Worm , boy worm
Built	15th century
Shut down	around 1920
technology
use	Oil and grinder mill
Grinder	1 grind 1 oil press
drive	1 water wheel
water wheel	undershot

The Schafhausen oil mill was a water mill on the Junge Wurm , in the city of Heinsberg in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The sheep Hausener oil mill had its location on the boys worm , on Torfbruch, in the district Schafhausen in town Heinsberg. The property on which the mill building stands has a height of approx. 43 m above sea ​​level . Above was the Liecker mill , below is the location of the Schafhausen grain mill .

Waters

The Junge Wurm was a body of water that ran more or less parallel to the Wurm . The junction from the Wurm was in Nirm, a district of the city of Geilenkirchen . Here the worm has a height of 54 m above sea level. The river Junge Wurm, also known as the Kleine Wurm , flowed in a north-northwest direction via Randerath , Horst , Porselen , Dremmen , Grebben , Heinsberg , Kempen and Karken across the German - Dutch border towards Vlodrop and empties at an altitude of 29 m above sea level on Dutch territory into the Rur . It was a natural body of water in which humans had a hand in many places. The Junge Wurm was connected to the Heinsberg moat , the mill canal, the Liecker brook and the mill brook . This composite body of water served for surface drainage and the benefit of the people. For centuries there were around 15 water mills on the Junge Wurm, with a slope of 26 m between Randerath and Karken. With the worm straightening in the 1960s and 1970s, the young worm disappeared from the maps . Instead, drainage channels and trenches were created. 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 Schafhausen oil mill from the 15th century was on the Schafhausen break. In the 18th century, the sovereigns had to pay an annual rent of 40 quarts (about 46 liters) of oil. In the last years of its existence the mill also served as a grinding mill . The front garden of the house and the farm buildings are evidence of this era . Mill operations were stopped around 1920.

gallery

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  Residence of the Schafhausen oil mill

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  Old millstone in the front yard

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  Contemporary witness from old times at the Schafhausen oil mill

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  Schafhausen oil mill on the first recording from 1843

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  Schafhausen oil mill on the new recording from 1893

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  Schafhausen oil mill on the tranchot card 1806/1807

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , page 309.
• Heinrich Tischelbäcker: The Heinsberger Mühlenkanal home calendar of the Selfkantkreis Geilenkirchen-Heinsberg 1962, page 128-134, 1963, page 142-144.

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

Commons : Schafhausener Ölmühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Homepage of the city of Heinsberg

Individual evidence

1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ 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. 
3. ↑ http://www.wver.de/