Wilderather Mill

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Wilderather Mill

Wilderather Mühle in Mönchengladbach-Wanlo

Wilderather Mühle in Mönchengladbach-Wanlo

Location and history
Wilderather Mühle (North Rhine-Westphalia)
Wilderather Mill
Coordinates 51 ° 5 '37 "  N , 6 ° 24' 34"  E Coordinates: 51 ° 5 '37 "  N , 6 ° 24' 34"  E
Location GermanyGermany Germany
Waters Niers
Built First documented mention in 1121
Shut down 1865 due to lack of water
technology
use Oil and grinder
Grinder 1 grind
drive 1 water wheel
water wheel undershot

The Wilderather Mühle was a water mill with an undershot water wheel on the upper reaches of the Niers in the Mönchengladbach district of Wanlo in the administrative district of Düsseldorf .

geography

The Wilderather Mühle was located on the left side of the Niers at Kuckumer Straße 15, in the Wanlo district of Mönchengladbach. It was the first mill on the Niers, only 2 km from the springs. The Schwalmer mill was located below . The area on which the mill building is located is approx. 71 m above sea ​​level .

Waters

The Niers (GEWKZ) 286 in its old river bed supplied numerous mills with water for centuries until the river was straightened after 1927. The source of the Niers is in Kuckum , a district of the city of Erkelenz . The Niers has a total length of 117.668 km and a total catchment area of ​​1,380.630 km 2 up to its confluence with the Meuse near Gennep (Netherlands) . The source is 73  m above sea level. NN , the mouth at 9  m above sea level. NN . The Niersverband is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water.

history

The first documented mention of the Wilderather mill is known from 1121. At that time the mill belonged to Count Theodoric von Are , who transferred foundations to the Klosterath Abbey from the income from the mill . From the 13th century, the mill belonged to the Counts of Jülich . The families v. Dyck, v. Wildenrath, v. Leerodt and v. Maillot. Around 1670 the mill was operated as a ban mill. The Wilderather Mühle was an oil and grinding mill and was driven by an undershot water wheel. Around 1854 the miller Conrad Wirtz from Wanlo leased the mill, which he later bought. In 1862 he built the brick mill building that still stands today . Presumably due to decreasing drive water, the mill was closed as early as 1865.

gallery

  • Today's Niers at the Wilderather Mühle

  • The brick building from 1862

  • The Wilderather Mühle on the map re-entry from 1912

  • The Wilderather Mühle on the Tranchot map 1803–1820

literature

  • Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pages 477-478.
  • Robert Lünendonk: The Niers and their mills 1st edition November 2012, ISBN 978-3-8375-0741-6 , pages 23-25, 77-80.

Web links

Commons : Wilderather Mühle  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
  2. ↑ http://www.lanuv.nrw.de/fileadmin/lanuv/wasser/pdf/Gewaesserverzeichnis%20GSK3C.xls
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lanuv.nrw.de
  4. ↑ http://www.Niersverband.de/