Water Wheel - Idar-Oberstein, Germany
Posted by: dreamhummie
N 49° 42.298 E 007° 19.705
32U E 379473 N 5507169
Working Water Wheel at the wall of Deutsches Mineralienmuseum located Hauptstraße 436 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.
Waymark Code: WMWQ8B
Location: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Date Posted: 10/01/2017
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Deutsches Mineralienmuseum website (
visit link) reads: "An old working agate loop with waterwheel"
On one of my photos it can be seen,on the wood near the axis of the wheel, that it is dated "2006"
The size is about 2,5m and is driven by a water source from the mountains.
In Idar-Oberstein earlier water wheels were used to polish gems.