Weir mill

Weir mill in Selfkant weir

Location and history

Coordinates

50 ° 59 '57 " N , 5 ° 55' 8" E Coordinates: 50 ° 59 '57 " N , 5 ° 55' 8" E

Location

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

District of Heinsberg

Selfkant municipality

Waters

Rodebach

Built

14th Century

Shut down

20th century

technology

use

Flour mill

Grinder

2 grinding courses

drive

Watermill and turbine

water wheel

undershot

The Wehrer mill is a former on Rodebach preferred water mill with an undershot waterwheel in Selfkant , a rural community in North Rhine-Westphalia Heinsberg district .

geography

The Wehrer Mühle is located on the left side of the stream in Mühlenstraße 5 in the Wehr district in the Selfkant municipality. The area on which the courtyard and mill building stands is approx. 45 m above sea level . Neighboring mills are above the Istrater mill , and below the full mill Tüddern in Tüddern .

Waters

The Rodebach furnished down to the last century fourteen mills with water. The stream begins at a retention basin near Siepenbusch in the town of Übach-Palenberg at an altitude of 105 m above sea level. The Rodebach has a length of 28.9 km to its confluence with the Geleenbeek near Oud-Roosteren in the Netherlands . The mouth height is 29 m above sea level. The care and maintenance of the Rodebach and its tributaries is subject to the respective neighboring cities and communities.

history

The Wehrer Mühle stands on the left bank of the Rodebach as well as the Engelsmühle and the Roermolen . The first information about the mill comes from the 14th century. The historians haven't written much about the mill. It is known that it was a grinder with two grinding courses. At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, a turbine was used to drive it. The mill building is still fully preserved in its beauty and shows a well-preserved and very seldom encountered stone crane at the rear.

gallery

Back of the Wehrer mill
Wehrer Mühle gem
Decorative entrance
Stone crane with millstone
Modern millstones as a fountain
Rodebach near the Wehrer mill
Tranchot card 1804/05

literature

Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Association Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pp. 250-251.
Wilhelm Pieper: The last mill wheel on the Rodebach home calendar 1995 Heinsberg district p. 158–164
State survey office of North Rhine-Westphalia topographic map 1:50 000 L 5102 Geilenkirchen and L 5000 Selfkant, ISBN 3-89439-417-X

Web links

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