Steinsieks Mill
Steinsieks Mühle was a water mill driven by the water of the Jöllenbecker Mühlenbach in the Bielefeld district of Brake , today's address is Engersche Str. 273, 33729 Bielefeld . Historically, however, Steinsieks Mühle did not belong to Brake, but to the Schildesche farmers . It was not until the incorporation of Schildesches into Bielefeld in 1930 that the mill outside the Schildescher center came to Brake. In 1973 Brake was also incorporated into Bielefeld, so that Steinsieks Mühle is now located in the city of Bielefeld.
The mill history according to tradition of the Müller Steinsiek family
In 800 AD the technique of grinding flour with a water drive was brought to Schildesche by the Franks. The grinding place was created in a stony valley (Siek), which was close to the mill stream and not far from the other farms. This is probably how the name Mühle zum Steinsieke was formed. The surname Steinsiek appeared for the first time around 1550 in the Urbar (a list of taxes for the sovereign).
Historical sources from 939 and 947 AD
The first documented entry about Ms. Marswidis was made in 939 AD. At that time, she donated part of her property for the foundation of the women's monastery in Schildesche. Evidence of the existence of the Schildesche farm was provided by the certificate of Emperor Otto II from the year 947 AD. After that, a list of the farms that had to pay taxes to the monastery was created. Steinsiek's mill once belonged to the Schildesche farm.
1550 Müller Steinsiek was mentioned in a document in the Urbar
It was not until 1550 that Müller Steinsiek was entered in the land register. The land register was a register of all court estates whose self-governing authorities had to pay taxes to their sovereign. The miller Reineke Steinsiek was registered as the operator of the mill. He lived with his family in the mill and was at number 10 in the Schildesche peasantry. As a self-employed person with his wife and children, he belonged to Hof Meier zu Altenschildesche. His descent from Erbkötter Steinsiek No. 9 of the Schildesche farmers was considered certain. The mill was located in the immediate vicinity of the Meyer zu Altenschildesche, Höner zu Altenschildesche and Upmeyer zu Altenschildesche farms and, together with these farms and several cottages, formed the part of the Schildesche farmers north of the Johannisbach.
A description of the mill as it was built around 1590
The historical source is a letter written by Müller Steinsiek.
The plot of land on which the miller Johann Steinsiek set up his mill around 1590 was bought from Meyer zu Altenschildesche. There was enough land for a lawn cut in front of the mill and also for a small garden. In addition, he also built a house on his property. Two ways led to the mill. A branch of the Jöllebach was created with a mill dam. Maintaining the Mühlendamm was a great effort for the miller. For this he needed a lot of earth and thus land. For the use of the water power of the Mühlenbach stream, Müller Johann Steinsiek had to pay the sovereign one Hornschen gulden annually.
Around 1772 the arable land began to be redistributed in order to be able to manage it more profitably. The miller was also affected by this redistribution of the so-called meanness. He explained that his ancestor had bought the Saatland from Meier zu Altenschildesche in 1590, and they did not want to give it back to him. So he wrote a letter of complaint to justify his claim. Later the mill with all rights and obligations was transferred back to the miller.
1718 The introduction of the compulsory mill
When the Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I introduced the mill compulsory in 1718, not only the surrounding courtyards of the mills, but also a large part of the farms south of the Johannisbach in the village of Schildesche and some of the Braker farms were assigned to the Steinsiek mill. A total of 64 farms now belonged to the catchment area of Steinsieks Mühle, which thus became the largest Schildescher Mühle. In 1810 the compulsory mill was lifted again, but the economic basis of Steinsieks Mühle was not endangered because most of the farmers from the former mill district continued to have their grain milled there.
epilogue
The mill wheel of the Steinsiekschen Mühle was still powered by water power and worked successfully until 1954. The Müller Steinsieks always inherited the mill strictly to a son of the Müller family, as evidenced by the family table of the Müller zum Steinsiek. It was passed down from the family that the miller Johann Steinsiek, geb. In 1810 it was possible to buy the Hof Höner zu Eissen. His older son got it, who called himself Friedrich Wilhelm Steinsiek from then on. Höner zu Eissen (born 1855). The younger son inherited the mill and called himself Gottlieb Müller Steinsiek (born 1857–1914). Gottlieb Müller Steinsiek was the last miller, he bequeathed the mill to his daughter Johanne Steinsiek (born 1892). In 1914 the mill had to be rebuilt after a fire. The reconstruction lasted until 1918 as the mill was moved to the other side of the Jölle. Johanne Steinsiek leased the mill and flour continued to be ground there. After the miller's daughter died in 1954, the mill was shut down. In 2000, the historic Mühle zum Steinsiek, as it was once called, became a modern residential building. Passers-by, who walk past the property today and are not informed about the 400-year history of the mill, can no longer recognize the original use as a water mill. Even the old mill wheel, the last reminder of the drive with the water power of the Jöllebach, has crumbled.
literature
- Culemann, Heinrich: 1000 years of Schildesche 939-1939 . Publisher Heinz Kameier. 1983.
- Bielefeld city archive: Culemann estate . Some news about the Steinsiek family.
- Rahe, Jürgen: Steinsieks Mühle was Brake's pride . Westphalia sheet. 08/2003.
Coordinates: 52 ° 3 ′ 48.4 " N , 8 ° 34 ′ 1.1" E