Sgoedenmühle

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Sgoedenmühle

Former pond of the Sgoedenmühle

Former pond of the Sgoedenmühle

Location and history
Sgoedenmühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Sgoedenmühle
Coordinates 51 ° 14 '42 "  N , 6 ° 23' 51"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 14 '42 "  N , 6 ° 23' 51"  E
Location Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
District of Viersen
City of Viersen
Waters Hammer Bach
Built First mentioned in 1246
Shut down 1876 ​​The mill was demolished
technology
use Grain mill
Grinder 1 grind
drive Watermill
water wheel undershot

The Sgoedenmühle in the city 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:

geography

The Sgoedenmühle was located on Brasselstrasse in the Unterbeberich district in the town of Viersen, in the Viersen district. There was a pond in front of the mill . The water level of the Hammer Bach in this area was 44 m above sea level. Below the Sgoedenmühle was the Bongartzmühle, above the Schnockesmühle.

The Hammer Bach supplied six mills with water for centuries. 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 oldest form of name for the mill was "gaetmoelen" in 1387. It is thus explained that the mill was on a gate (gate). More recently, the Sgoedenmühle has also been called "Schommelenmühle", after a family of millers. It was a grain mill with a grinder and an undershot water wheel. In 1809 the daily grindability of the mill was three Malter grain (one Malter = three hundredweight). The mill was closed in 1876 when the Viersener share spinning mill (today Feldmühle) was built. The existing mill pond was retained in its size.

gallery

  • They take care of streams and ponds

  • Coot with offspring, a good sign

  • Tranchot map from 1806

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , 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 : Sgoedenmühle  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Website of the water and soil association of the Middle Niers.