Eitze Watermill

Watermill Eitze
The Eitz mill was first mentioned in 1220 in the deed of foundation for the Andreas Church in Verden by Bishop Yso. It is one of the oldest documented mills in the Verden district.
A Meier letter from 1555 refers to the (Wittboldt-)Müller family, who practiced the milling trade here for over 400 years.
In the past, an overshot water wheel probably drove the mill
Today's five-storey mill building was built in 1862/63 with a modern turbine system.
The Gohbach, with its surface catchment area of approx. 95 square kilometers, flows at this point with an average water volume of 0.75 m3 over a gradient of 3.75 m, so that the turbine with an output of approx. 40 hp was able to to drive several milling and crushing processes.
An extension building on the east side with six silos of 25 t increased the storage capacity.
Since 1880 there has been an extension with a smaller turbine on the west gable of the Gohbach.
It is no longer functional.
The large turbine inside the mill was replaced by a new Francis turbine in 1903 and most recently in the mid 1930's. It is still used to drive the elevator and a shot gear. The mill has a grinding capacity of 4 t/ 24 h.
A generator produced luminous flux (65 volts) until the 1950s. The current mill weir was created in 1902. It has seven openings: two work chutes for the small turbine and five free chutes, each 90 cm wide.
The storage target, the maximum water level in the mill pond, is set at 15.64 m above sea level.
The Eitzer Mühle business existed until June 30, 1968.

Very nice old water mill with a beautiful mill pond.