Scheidmühle

Scheidmühle
Scheidmühle on the new recording in 1892
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 47 '29 "  N , 6 ° 9' 3"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 47 '29 "  N , 6 ° 9' 3"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia City region Aachen City of Aachen
Waters	Haarbach
Built	1588
Shut down	1969
technology
use	Grinding mill
Grinder	1 grind
drive	Watermill
water wheel	super- and undershot

The Scheidmühle was an overshot , from 1835 an undershot water mill on the Haarbach in the city of Aachen in the North Rhine-Westphalian city ​​region of Aachen in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The Scheidmühle was located at Haarbach , Zur Scheidmühle , in the Eilendorf district in the Aachen city region. It was at a height of approx. 170 m above sea ​​level . Today the sewage treatment plant is built at this point . Above the Scheidmühle was the Nirmer Mühle , below the Kahlgrachtmühle .

Waters

In earlier times the sources of the Haarbach were at a height of approx. 231 m above sea ​​level near the former Driescher Hof in the city of Aachen. Today the brook begins near Gut Neuenhof. The stream with an original length of almost 9 km is a tributary of the Wurm and flows northeast towards Eilendorf , crosses under the Aachen- Eschweiler railway line . The further path of the creek runs in a north-westerly direction, south past Verlautenheide and then into the center of Aachen- Haaren . In the city center of Haaren, the Haarbach is largely canalized. On the Tuchmacherweg, the Haarbach flows into the Wurm as an open stream at a height of about 144 m above sea level. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water .

history

The Scheidmühle was located on the site of the wastewater treatment plant in Eilendorf, which was built in 1979 and expanded in 1993. It probably got its name from the place on the border (Scheid) to the Aachen area. The name Scheidmühlenweg or the district Scheidheck also confirm the location. In 1588 and 1592 it is mentioned as Muhlgen im Scheidtbruech . Before 1812 the mill was used as a grinding mill , from 1835 as a needle shower mill , which was used to polish needles . After the conversion from overshot to undershot water flow and the utilization of the upstream silted up reservoir , the mill became a factory mill in 1852. In 1911 the production of billiard cloth was documented. The buildings with mill, factory and house were closed after 1969.

gallery

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  Location of the Scheidmühle on the Tranchot map 1805/07

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  The Scheidmühle is not listed on the first recording from 1846

literature

• Erich Mertes • Daniel Heidenbluth • Peter Bertram: Mühlen der Eifel Volume II, Die Nordeifel, 2005, ISBN 3-938208-09-0 , p. 169.
• The Haarbach, course and old mill locations

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

Commons : Scheidmühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Experience nature in the Haarbachtal (PDF; 1.5 MB)
• Excursion to the Haarbach valley

Individual evidence

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