Lower paper mill (Wiesentheid)

Lower paper mill Wiesentheid market Coordinates: 49 ° 47 ′ 16 ″  N , 10 ° 17 ′ 57 ″  E
Height :	221 m
Postal code :	97353
Area code :	09325
Location of the lower paper mill (bold) in the Wiesentheider municipality

The Lower Paper Mill (also Heinrichsmühle , Johannitermühle ) is a wasteland in the area of ​​the Wiesentheider district of Feuerbach in the Lower Franconian district of Kitzingen . The Upper Paper Mill also exists near Feuerbach .

Geographical location

The mill is in the west of the Wiesentheider municipality on the Schirnbach tributary Klingenbach. To the north are the extensive forest areas around Reupelsdorf , also a district of Wiesentheider. Wiesentheid is in the east. The southeast is occupied by Feuerbach , in the south begins the district of Kleinlangheim . To the west are the Kleinlangheim districts of Pfundmühle and Atzhausen .

history

The lower paper mill is the older of the two former paper mills around Feuerbach. Already in the 15th century it was operated as a grain mill by the Johanniter . In 1713 a paper maker from Thuringia , Johann Jacob Meißner, acquired the Heinrichsmühle and set up a paper mill. In the period that followed, the mill changed hands frequently. In the middle of the 19th century the business had become unprofitable and operations were closed. From then on, the buildings were used as a residential building.

At last the mill had been in the hands of a certain Kempf. In 1858, together with a lithographer from Kitzingen, he had produced false Bavarian 10 guilder notes and had made great fortune with the counterfeit money. The printing plate had been ordered by the forgers in America. Finally the forger's ring in the paper mill was discovered. Kempf was sentenced to twelve years in prison. A flour mill was then installed in the buildings again. Today the mill is used as a riding stables.

Attractions

The Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation classifies the preserved buildings of the old mill as historical monuments . The buildings all go back to the early 19th century. It is a single - storey half-hipped roof made of quarry stone masonry . This includes a barn and a cellar.

literature

• Alexander Graf zu Castell: Feuerbach . In: Jesko Graf zu Dohna (ed.): Kulturpfad. In the footsteps of the Counts of Castell . Münsterschwarzach 2004. pp. 86–87.
• Karl Treutwein : From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim. History, sights, traditions . Volkach ⁴ 1987.

Web links

Commons : Untere Papiermühle (Wiesentheid)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ Treutwein, Karl: From Abtswind to Zeilitzheim . P. 77
2. ^ Castell, Alexander Graf zu: Feuerbach . P. 87