Schricksmühle

Schricksmühle
Tranchot map from 1806
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 15 '46 "  N , 6 ° 24' 8"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 15 '46 "  N , 6 ° 24' 8"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Viersen City of Viersen
Waters	Dorfer Bach
Built	First mentioned in 1246
Shut down	at the end of the 19th century
technology
use	Grain mill
Grinder	1 grind
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot

The Schricksmühle in the town of Viersen was a water mill with an undershot water wheel .

Mills in Viersen

In the past centuries there were a total of 18 mills in the municipality of Viersen. Four of them were used as hammer mills . These were operated by horse power. There were also two windmills , the Hoser and Hüsterfeld windmills , both of which were privately owned.

It was different with the watermills. The pen St. Gereon in Cologne had the basic rule of Viersen and the water rights on the streams in Viersen. The construction of watermills required his approval. The monastery granted mill rights as a hereditary fiefdom and received an annual tenancy from them. This had to be delivered to the parish office of St. Remigius. These documents show that there were twelve water mills in Viersen as early as 1246. All mills, with the exception of the monastery mill , paid a sum (about one hundredweight) of malt annually as loan interest. In the glory of Viersen there was no pressure to mill . All farmers could have milled wherever they wanted.

These twelve mills were on:

• " Dorfer Bach ": Kaisermühle , Kimmelmühle , Goetersmühle , Biestenmühle and Schricksmühle
• " Hammer Bach ": Plinzenmühle , Schnockesmühle , Sgoedenmühle , Bongartzmühle, Hüstermühle and Hammer Mühle
• " Rintger Bach ": Klostermühle

geography

The Schricksmühle was located at the intersection of Gerberstrasse and Sittarder Strasse, in the town of Viersen in the Viersen district. In front of the mill was a pond , which was fed by the village stream and whose water level was approx. 39 m above sea level. The Schricksmühle was the lowest of the five mills on the Dorfer Bach.

The Dorfer Bach supplied five mills with water for centuries. It is partially channeled today. The mill ponds are all filled up except for the pond of the Kaisermühle. The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the water and soil association of the Middle Niers, which is based in Grefrath .

history

The Schricksmühle is a mill from the very beginning. It was one of the twelve watermills in Viersen, which in 1246 had to pay an annual tenancy fee of a summer malt to the parish of St. Remigius. In 1394 she is mentioned by name under "Schrickelrade". In 1739 it appears under the very British-sounding name "Antony-Veyn-Mühle", probably after a former owner. It was a flour mill with an undershot water wheel. Around 1820 it was converted into a spinning mill that initially ran on water power . Towards the end of the 19th century there was a leather factory on the site.

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. Krefeld 1998, pp. 511-523.
• Ferdinand Dohr: About the water being in the old Viersen. In: Heimatbuch des Kreis Kempen-Krefeld, 25th episode / 1974, pp. 47–55.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Water and Soil Association of the Middle Niers