Windmühlenturm Porz-Langel, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
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N 50° 51.148 E 007° 01.087
32U E 360497 N 5635290
Old tower of "Ippens Mühle" at Loorweg 20, Köln-Porz-Langel.
Waymark Code: WMW66N
Location: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Date Posted: 07/15/2017
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On a road in Langel an old tower of a former windmill is located.
The tower of "Ippens Mühle" is a private residence today.
History of the mill:
1586:
The first mention of a windmill operator called Weinandt in the church registers of Langel.
16. century:
Construction of the Langeler mill; it is up to the construction of the windmill of Porz a sole spell mill of "Bergisches Amt Porz" for eight villages between Westhoven and Lülsdorf.
19. century:
Construction of the tower windmill
1884:
In a thunderstorm the mill burns out completely; afterwards the production is continued with steam drive.
1905:
The steam boiler fails, production ends.
After the 2nd world war:
The dilapidated tower is restored and altered to a flat with a glazed view pulpit.
(source: Vogt, Hans: "Die Rheinischen Windmühlen". (Hrsg.: Verein Niederrhein e. V.). Krefeld 2005)
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