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Bruttig-Fankel

View of Fankel and Floating Mill Information Board

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    November 25, 2019

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    Many Moselle towns had floating mills in the Moselle. So one was not dependent on the limited water power of the streams. This information board provides information on the history and functioning of the floating mills.
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    November 4, 2021

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    On the hiking trails along the Moselle you felt a different panorama every 5m. Every Moselle village looks like a pearl 📷
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    June 24, 2021

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    "... A peculiarity in Fankel was that the flour required for the population could not be ground in a conventional mill, on a stream with a mill pond and mill wheel within the local limits, because the conditions for this were not available. For this reason, The Bishop and Elector of Trier, Johann von Isenburg, built a floating flour mill in the Moselle ford across from Fankel around 1550. This was in service until around 1812. It was auctioned off as spiritual property during the secularisation. ..."
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