Zweibrügger mill

Zweibrügger mill
Zweibrügger Mühle in the Zweibrüggen district
Location and history
Coordinates	50 ° 56 '10 "  N , 6 ° 5' 56"  E Coordinates: 50 ° 56 '10 "  N , 6 ° 5' 56"  E
Location	Germany North Rhine-Westphalia District of Heinsberg Übach-Palenberg
Waters	worm
Built	1450 mentioned in a document
Shut down	1974
technology
use	Grain and Oil Mill
Grinder	2 grinding courses 1 oil press
drive	3 water wheels
water wheel	undershot

The Zweibrügger Mühle was a water mill with three undershot water wheels on the Wurm in the city of Übach-Palenberg in the North Rhine-Westphalian district of Heinsberg in the administrative district of Cologne .

geography

The two Brügger mill has its location on the left side of the worm Zweibrüggen no. 85, in the district of Zweibrüggen in the city Übach-Palenberg. The height at which the building stands today is around 80 m above sea ​​level . The Marienthaler Mühle was located above ; the Frelenberger Mühle once worked below .

Waters

The worm supplied numerous mills with water over a river length of 53 km. The source of the worm is located south of Aachen at 265 m above sea level, the confluence with the Rur is in the town of Kempen in the city of Heinsberg at 32 m above sea level. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, worm straightening was carried out. The curving, now and then meandering course of the river disappeared in favor of a simple route . The river length shortened and the flow speed increased. For many people the flood protection improved , for the mills it was the end. The water association Eifel-Rur (WVER) is responsible for the care and maintenance of the water body with a catchment area of 355.518 km ² .

history

The Zweibrügger mill was first mentioned in a document from 1450. The Heinsberg rulers left the mill to the Machartz clan for life. In return, the latter then waives a claim against the sovereign. The mill was equipped with a ban area that extended to six surrounding villages . Including Scherpenseel in the west, and the 5 km away Beggendorf in the east. Übach belonged to the Limburg Abbey of Thorn and was exempt from the mill obligation. In the 19th century the mill had three water wheels , two grinding stages and an oil press . The last watermill operated in the Heinsberg district, worked as a grinding mill until the worm was straightened and was shut down in 1974. After a building renovation , the water wheel was put back in place.

Monument entry

Zweibrügger Mühle : Two-story brick mill building , e.g. Partly in half-timbered now in brick, the mill wheel is still there on the outside, the building itself with a hipped roof . Date: 18th, 19th century. Registration as a memorial on August 17, 1992.

Monument List Übach-Palenberg No. 21

gallery

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  Zweibrüggen Castle near the mill

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  Today's water wheel of the Zweibrügger mill

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  The restored mill building

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  The Zweibrügger mill on the Wurm

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  Zweibrüggen on the first recording from 1846

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  Zweibrügger Mühle on the new recording from 1892

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  Zweibrügger Mühle on the tranchot card 1805/1807

Worm renaturation

The worm is allowed to squirm again. Such a press release from February 25, 2013 in the Aachener Zeitung about the renaturation of a 400 m long stretch of the Wurm in the area of ​​the Zweibrügger mill.

literature

• Hans Vogt: Lower Rhine water mill guide 2nd edition. Verein Niederrhein, Krefeld 1998, ISBN 3-00-002906-0 , pages 284–285.

→ See also the list of mills on the Wurm

Web links

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

• Homepage of the city of Übach-Palenberg
• Architectural monument: Zweibrügger mill

Individual evidence

1. ^ German basic map 1: 5000
2. ↑ Topographical Information Management, Cologne District Government, Department GEObasis NRW ( Notes )
3. ↑ Archive link ( 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.  
4. ↑ http://www.wver.de/
5. ↑ http://www.aachener-zeitung.de/lokales/heinsberg/die-wurm-darf-sich-wieder-mehr-iegen-1.526169