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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Olaf

September 29, 2019

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The copper mill can only be visited from the outside. Here only events take place. From here you can hike through the Kupfersiefertal.

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Franz

February 13, 2019

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It was built as a flour mill in 1783. Elector Karl Theodor had granted the concession to build a mill on Kupfersiefer Bach. Because the creek often had only a low water level and thus lacked the required driving force for the mill wheel, since 1820 a liquor distillery was additionally set up as a sideline.

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1. Kupfersiefer Brook Valley – Kupfersiefer Brook Valley loop from Rösrath

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2. Old Fisherman's Hut – Kupfersiefer Brook Valley loop from Honrath

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3. Kupfersiefer Mill – Kupfersiefer Brook Valley loop from Knipscher Hof

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Location: Rösrath, Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis, Bergisches Land, Cologne District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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1. Kupfersiefer Brook Valley – Kupfersiefer Brook Valley loop from Rösrath

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