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Village Mill, Großkarlbach
The Village Mill (german: Dorfmühle) in the Rhineland-Palatinate village of Großkarlbach was once a working water mill, mill that was driven by water wheel, water power. Following its restoration it became a show mill and houses the Großkarlbach Mill Museum; albeit several rooms are used for the Bürgermeister's office and municipal archives, as well as for youth and old people activities and conferences. Location The village mill is at ''Kändelgasse'' 15 in the historic village centre on the left bank of the Eckbach (Palatinate), Eckbach, whose water once drove its two water wheels. Of the original seven mills in Großkarlbach it was the only one that lay within the gates of the town wall, fortified medieval village, hence its name. The Eckbach Mill Path, established in 1997 on the initiative of Kleinkarlbach mill expert, Wolfgang Niederhöfer, runs past the mill. Five of the mills in the village are still more or less well preserved, four have been converted to resident ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Großkarlbach
Großkarlbach is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location Großkarlbach lies near the western edge of the Upper Rhine Plain and flowing through it is the river Eckbach. It is in the northwest of the Rhine-Neckar urban agglomeration. In the municipality's west rise the hills of what was once called the ''Unterhaardt'', which since the 1970s has been considered part of the new ''Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstraße'' winegrowing region. Großkarlbach belongs to the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' of Leiningerland, whose seat is in Grünstadt, although that town is itself not in the ''Verbandsgemeinde''. Neighbouring municipalities Clockwise from the north, these are Laumersheim, Gerolsheim, Weisenheim am Sand, Freinsheim and Bissersheim. History Großkarlbach had a documentary mention as early as 768 in the Lorsch codex as ''Carloba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
