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North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf District

Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Birten Watermill

North Rhine-Westphalia

Düsseldorf District

Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf

Kreis Wesel

Xanten

Birten Watermill

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Birten Watermill

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Location: Xanten, Kreis Wesel, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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ŽIVA

October 22, 2019

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Built on the Winnenthal Canal in the 19th century. The only watermill in the city of Xanten. Submissive, i. the water flows under the iron mill wheel.

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XantourKlaus

August 31, 2023

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Unfortunately, you often drive past and miss them

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JakobusPilger

April 26, 2024

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Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention of the human spirit of discovery, the origins of which can be traced back to times long past. Thanks to such a construction, human or animal muscle power could be easily replaced by the power of the natural elements through a watercourse - natural or artificially created - in order to grind grain into corn or press oil from fruit, for example.

There are essentially two different ways of driving watermills:

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Location: Xanten, Kreis Wesel, Regierungsbezirk Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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