Watermill Sythes
The Sythen water mill in Haltern - Sythen used to belong to the Bishop of Münster . In 1331 the Dülmen castle man Wessel von Lembeck and his wife Elisabeth and their children Wessel, Adolf and Hillegund exchanged several farms for the Sieten house (now Sythen Castle ) and mill. The family belongs to the noble family of Counts von Westerholt , whose successors, Carl Otto (Carlo) Count von und zu Westerholt and Gysenberg, still own the mill today.
The waterwheel is fed by a dammed arm of the Haltern Mühlenbach and now drives a small hydroelectric power station. With 1,600 liters of water per hour, it delivers 23 kW, which is fed into the public power grid.
In the 1980s, the city of Haltern leased the former grain and oil mill. The Heimatverein Sythen and the local fishing club expanded it into a meeting place with the help of the Sythen citizens and financial support from the city and count. Every Thursday afternoon it is opened as a café by the mill women of the Heimatverein. In addition, it has a program on Heidetag or German Milling Day and is used to maintain customs such as the St. Nicholas Parade and Panhaos food , as well as the Low German language in the theater and used as a rehearsal room by music bands.
Web links
- GenWiki
- Lease extension until 2019 , Marl Aktuell from August 29, 2009
Coordinates: 51 ° 46 ′ 9.2 ″ N , 7 ° 13 ′ 40.9 ″ E