Werdumer mill
| Werdumer mill
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 Werdumer Mühle in July 2018 |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 39 '37 " N , 7 ° 43' 10" E | |
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 Germany
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| Built | 1802 | |
| Shut down | 1971 | |
| Status | functional technical monument | |
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| use | Grain mill , Peldemühle | |
| drive | Windmill | |
| Windmill type | Earth Dutchman | |
| Wing type | Sail gate wing | |
| Number of wings | 4th | |
| Tracking | Codend | |
| Website | http://www.cafepost.de/Muhle/muhle.html | |
The Werdumer Mühle is a Erdholländer in the municipality Werdum in the district of Wittmund in Lower Saxony . The mill is located on Edenserlooger Straße, Kreisstraße 14 to Esens.
history
Previous construction
The Werdumer Ulrich von Werdum wrote in Latin the history of Familia Werdumana . In it he also reported on the Erdholländer belonging to the castle in Edenserloog , the grain mill, which the lord of the castle had built on a terp in 1748 . Before that there was a post mill , which was probably built by the lords of the castle before the 16th century. There is at least one reference to this in a will from 1491, in which a mill house was bequeathed. A contract from 1549 states that two brothers each received half of the income from the mill. At that time, barley was preferred to be grown in Harlingerland , which made it necessary to build mills. At the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th century there were repeated disputes about who should have his grain ground in which mill. Princess Christine Charlotte advocated the common use of all mills by every resident.
Current mill
The Werdumer mill had to be completely rebuilt after severe storm damage in 1802. In contrast to most other mills, the Werdumer Mühle was owned by the lords of the castle in Edenserloog until 1929, who also financed it.
It is believed that the Erdholländer Werdums was one of the first mills in East Frisia that was built for grinding. Most of the mills only had a permit for pelden (peeling). Here the husk was peeled from the barley with a stone , but the grain was not crushed between two stones. However, there is still a stone for the Pelden, so that a Peldegang may have been built in later. In 1828 income is also mentioned as peld wages.
The current mill has been owned by the Post family since 1929 , and they now run the associated bakery with a mill café. After a hurricane tore off a pair of wings, the new owner replaced both pairs of wings in 1930. In 1960 the wind-powered mill operation was stopped. In 1971 the entire mill operation was shut down.
In 1967 the mill was renovated for the first time. In November 1972, another wing broke off during the Quimburga hurricane . The damage could be repaired with the help of donations. Next to the mill, the Eden family's old forge was rebuilt true to the original in 1993 after it had been dismantled on Hoogewarfstrasse.
In 2001, the owner and the municipality received the news that the earth Dutchman was about to finally decay if appropriate restoration measures were not taken immediately. The board of directors of the Heimat- und Verkehrsverein as well as the municipal council commissioned the mayor Friedhelm Hass to organize the restoration. In a short time he managed to get grants from the district of Wittmund amounting to DM 10,750 and from the state of Lower Saxony a further DM 215,000. The local and tourist association was able to contribute 20,000 DM from the collected donations and proceeds from past mill festivals. Furthermore, the mayor developed so-called mill shares, which to this day can be acquired as a donation for the mill. The renovation required a total of 425,000 DM, and so the mill was completely renovated in 2002. It is leased by the municipality for 35 years and is fully accessible to the public. Since September 2002 it has been possible to grind with wind power again. The bread made from the flour is sold in the Post family's bakery next to the mill.
Todays use
In 1976 the Heimatverein Werdum eV set up a small local museum in the mill . Household items and agricultural implements can be seen. In the immediate vicinity of the mill there is a forge and a bakery. The mill, which is directly on the road, can be viewed freely. The Werdumer Heimat- und Verkehrsverein eV organizes a mill festival every summer, the proceeds of which are used to maintain the Werdumer mill.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Niedersächsische Mühlenstraße - Werdumer Mühle , accessed on January 28, 2012
- ↑ Werdumer Blatt: Mühlenfest 2011 , accessed on January 28, 2012