Susmühle

Susmühle
The Susmühle in Goch, south side
Location and history
Coordinates	51 ° 40 '38 "  N , 6 ° 9' 27"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 40 '38 "  N , 6 ° 9' 27"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia Kleve district City of Goch
Waters	Niers
Built	18th century
Shut down	1932 after the kidney regulation
technology
use	Oil and flour mill
Grinder	2 grinding courses 2 oil presses
drive	Watermill
water wheel	undershot

The Susmühle is a former water mill on the Niers in what is now the city center of Goch on the Lower Rhine .

geography

The Susmühle is located on the Niers, on the Susbrücke, in the city of Goch, Kleve district , in North Rhine-Westphalia . The Niers has a height of approx. 18 m above sea ​​level here . The care and maintenance of the water is the responsibility of the Niersverband , which is based in Viersen .

history

The Susmühle was built around 1700. It is the only preserved historical watermill in the city and was located outside the city ​​walls in sight of the stone gate . Until the 18th century, the Susmühle was only an addition to the town's Lohmühle from 1523 and was then known as the "Loo Mühle". Finally it replaced the actual wage mill entirely. In the following years it also served as an oil and grain mill.

Towards the end of the 19th century it was equipped with an auxiliary steam drive. When the course of the Niers was straightened in 1932, the water level sank by around two meters, which made it impossible to operate as a water mill, as the mill wheels could no longer hold water. The mill was then shut down.

Today the Susmühle serves as a residential building and is a listed building . The historic metal mill wheel was restored a few years ago .

Monument description

The Susmühle is registered under No. 12, Goch, Susbrücke 1, in the list of monuments of the city of Goch .

gallery

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  Information board for the Susmühle

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  Northeast side of the Susmühle

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  Mute witnesses of the past

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  Restored water wheel of the Susmühle

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  Susmühle on the new recording in 1892

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  Susmühle on the original cadastral map 1843

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  Susmühle on the Tranchot map 1802

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide. 2nd Edition. Niederrhein Association, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 .
• Susanne Sommer: Mills on the Lower Rhine . Rheinland Verlag, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-7927-1113-3 .

Web links

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

• Website of the city of Goch

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.niersverband.de/