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Heinzerath Waterworks

Heinzerath Waterworks

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Heinzerath Waterworks

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Location: Morbach, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

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1. The Regulated Garden Gnomes – Rest Area at Flying Frogs Pond loop from Gonzerath

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2. Rest Area at Flying Frogs Pond – The Regulated Garden Gnomes loop from Elzerath

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3. Heinzerath Waterworks – Former Heinzerath School loop from Heinzerath

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July 4, 2021

Hundred years of the Heinzerath waterworks (1913-2013)

For centuries the water supply in Heinzerath was decentralized; many houses had their own wells and there were public watering places in several places in the village. In 1907, the Heinzerath local council (mayor Johannes Eberhard Resch and council members Johann Grewer, Johann Gorges III, Peter Schabbach, Matthias Knob and Peter Marx) decided to supply the town via a central water pipe. The decision was made for the source at Heidenpütz, a strong source with high water quality. As early as 371 AD, the Roman poet Ausonius described Heidenpütz as a “bubbling tabernae” in his travelogue “Mosella” when he was traveling from Bingen to Trier. Later excavations finally revealed traces of Roman settlement around the source. The company OLT & Co. from Zweibrücken was commissioned in 1908 with the construction of the well room, the elevated tank on the Hundfeld and with the laying of the lines. The whole project was financed with a special cut and the sale of wood. In 1913 the work was completed and the water could flow. 45 houses were connected. In 1950 the house connections were renewed because after 37 years the iron-containing water had clogged the pipes heavily. now the two mills, Mergener Mühle and Brieschmühle, have also been connected.

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Later, in the 1960s, Götzenfeld and the Wagnersmühle, which belonged to Merscheid, were added. In 1970 the municipality of Veldenz, which repeatedly ran into water shortages in the summer, asked the municipal council to expand the source at Heidenpütz and the Elzerath source area below the Roman road by means of deep boreholes. After long negotiations, the project was finally approved because water, as a common good, should be sufficiently available to everyone. The Moselle community of Veldenz connected two boreholes 40 meters deep, a new elevated tank was built for all locations above Elzerath, and this elevated tank on the Hundfeld was shut down in 1980. In 2005 the newly founded Heimatverein Heinzerath decided to save this Art Nouveau building from decay. The members of the association spent more than 500 hours preparing the elevated tank and the associated space.

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Heinzerath Waterworks

1. The Regulated Garden Gnomes – Rest Area at Flying Frogs Pond loop from Gonzerath

2. Rest Area at Flying Frogs Pond – The Regulated Garden Gnomes loop from Elzerath

3. Heinzerath Waterworks – Former Heinzerath School loop from Heinzerath

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