Mad mill
The Tollensemühle shaped the eastern townscape of Altentreptow in today's Mecklenburg Lake District from the 19th to the end of the 20th century . The mill was located on a side arm of the Tollense , the Kleine Tollense, and was the largest building in the city after the St. Peter's Church.
history
The Tollensemühle, which was probably built in the 13th century, was first mentioned in a document from Duke Barnims III. from Pomerania . In this deed of donation, the duke transferred the mill to the Reinfeld monastery . She was outside the city walls in front of the mill gate named after her, the eastern of the three city gates of Treptow an der Tollense.
After the Reformation in Pomerania and the secularization of the monastery properties, the mill came into the possession of the ducal office of Treptow. In 1698 a big fire in the town also destroyed the Tollensemühle, which was rebuilt in the same year. Louis William Brueggemann described it in 1779 as " unterschlägige leasehold mill with two grinding passes ."
The New Tollensemühle was built between 1842 and 1844 . The existing parts of the old mill were included as residential buildings in the much larger new building. In 1844 the mill was acquired by Woldemar von Heyden auf Kartlow , who had it modernized between 1845 and 1846 and expanded to eight grinding aisles. The mill gate was demolished at that time and a granary that still exists today was built on the opposite side of the street.
Fluctuations in the toll level caused difficulties, especially in the 19th century. The four-wheel mill in Neubrandenburg dammed the river so much that in 1862 only one water wheel could be driven. In 1936, during the tolls regulation, care was taken to ensure that the mill, which had meanwhile been converted to turbines, continued to operate . In the next year, however, it was switched to engine operation.
During the GDR era, the mill was nationalized in 1953. At the end of 1958 the " VEB Tollensemühle" ceased operations. It was still used as a warehouse and living space. The Altentreptow district put the mill on the list of monuments around 1985. In 1996 the mill partially burned down. The building that had shaped the cityscape up to that point was demolished in 2000. In the summer of 2001 archaeological excavations were carried out before the relocation of the Mauerstraße over the western part of the historically significant ground monument took place.
A small hydropower plant with a turbine and a nominal output of 45 kW was built on the Kleine Tollense.
literature
Verena Hoffmann: "Tyschen cyngel and muren". The excavations at the Tollensemühle in Altentreptow. In: Hans-Joachim von Oertzen (Hrsg.): Border region between Pomerania and Mecklenburg. Lectures 2002. Writings of the Friends of the District Home Museum Demmin . Vol. 4, Thomas Helms, Schwerin 2004, ISBN 3-935749-29-5 , pp. 39-52
Coordinates: 53 ° 41 ′ 34.5 ″ N , 13 ° 15 ′ 17.2 ″ E
Web links
- Literature about Tollensemühle in the state bibliography MV
- Watermill in Altentreptow with picture