Castle mill (Alme)

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Castle mill in Alme
Castle and castle mill (to the left of the castle park) on an aerial photo

The castle mill at Schloßstraße 13 in Brilon - Alme is a listed mill in the Hochsauerlandkreis in North Rhine-Westphalia . It is located east of the Alme River . It is only separated from the outer wall of the Schloss Alme castle park by a street. Castle mill and castle are owned by the Count von Spee.

History of the castle mill

Equipment of the mill

The Almer Schlossmühle was built in three construction phases from 1870/80. On the north side there is a quarry stone part . In the middle a truss and on the left a brick part . The brick part was built in 1900 as the last construction phase. A bakery was located in the quarry stone part until the 1960s. The mill was in the half-timbered part and the living area in the brick part. There was a weir above Mühle an der Alme. From this a mill ditch went to the mill. The mill was used as a grinding mill for grain and as a sawmill . Around 1900 there were four grain mills and two sawmills in Alme alone. From 1910 the mill was only operated as a sideline. In 1964 the bakery and mill were closed.

Until 1905/07, the mill worked with an overturned water wheel , in which the water falls onto the water wheel from above. Then a Francis turbine with 20 kW was installed to generate electricity . At first the electricity only drove the saw and grinder mill. From 1914/15 the miller also used electricity in his living area. When there was a shortage of petroleum due to the First World War , the electricity from the mill was also used to power the Alme. For this purpose, the village built a power grid in the village and a more powerful generator was installed in the mill . It was not until 1958 that VEW took over the power supply in Alme . The mill's Francis turbine is still used today to generate electricity.

In 1997 the castle mill was restored.

Almer Schlossmühle restaurant

In 1998 the Almer Schlossmühle restaurant was opened. In November 2013, Martin Steiner took over the Almer Schlossmühle restaurant . The restaurant was rated 13 points by the Gault-Millau restaurant guide for 2015 and 2016 and received a hat (“Very good cuisine”). From the restaurant guide Michelin Guide , the restaurant was awarded the Bib Gourmand award.

The chef Martin Steiner, born in 1979, comes from Villach in Carinthia . He used to work as head chef at Max on One in Frankfurt.

literature

  • Our Altes Alme e. V .: Our alpine pasture . Podzun, Brilon 2008.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Our Altes Alme e. V .: Our alpine pasture . Podzun, Brilon 2008, pp. 16-17.
  2. ↑ Star chef cooked for King Carl Gustaf and George W. Bush. In: WAZ. October 11, 2013, accessed December 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ Almer Schlossmühle on the Gault-Millau website
  4. ↑ Guide Michelin honors Almer Schlossmühle. In: WAZ. November 25, 2015, accessed December 14, 2015.
  5. ^ Helmut Krause: Almer Schlossmühle - A Carinthian in Brilon. In: Der Feinschmecker. 11/2014, p. 111.

Coordinates: 51 ° 27 ′ 33.5 "  N , 8 ° 37 ′ 28.6"  E