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Streitmühle Historic Watermill

Streitmühle Historic Watermill

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Streitmühle Historic Watermill

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Location: Himmelkron, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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1. Rauhe Mauer Viewing Platform – Along the Streitmühlbach loop from Lützenreuth

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2. Rauhe Mauer Viewing Platform – View of Marktschorgast loop from Marktschorgast

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3. Pulstbach Railway Underpass – Rauhe Mauer Viewing Platform loop from Himmelkron

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rangerjacke

November 8, 2020

The armed mill is mentioned in a document in the register of the Himmelkron monastery from 1500. Engelhardt: "The property was called Reichenstall at the time and was owned by the monastery." The operator was Hans Stiegler. Over time the name Reichenstall disappeared and the name Streitmühle established itself. The situation is similar with Streit, which was formerly called Hainbüchig. Before that, the field names Streitacker and Streitanger were known and the name of the hall was carried over to the place. “The name Streit comes from swampy terrain like the villages of Streitau and Streitberg.

In 1547 a mill is mentioned for the first time and 40 years later Kunz Stiegler takes over the "Gütlein" after the monastery has ended. It is still considered a monastery fiefdom in the possession of the margrave, but Stiegler can still largely dispose of it - also in terms of inheritance. In 1596 the mill was transferred from Stiegler to Ködel and from now on the Ködels are on the Streitmühle until 1745. Engelhardt says: "The Stieglers were on the property for at least 100 years from the first documentary mention, the Ködels 150 years and we Engelhardts have owned the mill for 270 years." The name Engelhardt did not appear for the first time until 1745 when the youngest daughter of the Dispute mill owner Friedrich Ködel married Johann Leonhard Engelhardt from Köslar.

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rangerjacke

November 8, 2020

In 1835 Michael Engelhardt had a plan for a cutting saw approved, which was also built three years later, and in 1840 he received a prospecting license from the Wunsiedel Mining Authority to mine coal and copper ore in the Marktschorgast corridor, the so-called "Lache". Engelhardt says: "Four years later, in 1844, the Inclined Plane was built and Michael Engelhardt may have speculated on being able to deliver the coal."
In 1843 Michael Engelhardt died of “dysentery” at the age of 42, and three of his sons with him died within just nine days. His ambitious plans were no longer implemented. The widow then had a daughter from her servant Friedrich Kofer and married him too. Under the leadership of Friedrich Kofer, however, the property and the mill went steadily downhill.
It was only Johann Christian Engelhardt who knew how to get the mill and the lands back on the road to success.

Johann Engelhardt, Hans Engelhardt's father, took over the mill in 1935, which was completely rebuilt in 1938 and brought up to date. At the same time, the water wheel was replaced by a turbine. In 1950, major renovations were carried out on the house and in 1956 work began on the new construction of today's cutting saw, which was not put into operation until 1964/65 by Hans Engelhardt. In 1964, "Streitmühl Hans" married his wife Helga, née Gräf from the Himmelkron district of Kemeritz. In 1970 he took over the property and then handed it over to his son Wolfgang in 2003.

Engelhardt concludes: "For centuries, alongside the grinding mill, which was operated for over 430 years until 1972, agriculture and, in some cases, fruit growing, were the main source of income for the property." For around 50 years, the cutting saw has become the main occupation. The families at the Streitmühle have always had many children. The armed forces mill, which is over 300 years old, will be full of life and will remain so for the next 100 years.

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July 12, 2022

A beautiful old mill wheel still turns here. Goats and chickens roam free. The machines are rattling...

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Location: Himmelkron, Landkreis Kulmbach, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany

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Streitmühle Historic Watermill

1. Rauhe Mauer Viewing Platform – Along the Streitmühlbach loop from Lützenreuth

2. Rauhe Mauer Viewing Platform – View of Marktschorgast loop from Marktschorgast

3. Pulstbach Railway Underpass – Rauhe Mauer Viewing Platform loop from Himmelkron

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