Levedag's millThe lower part of the former oil and walk mill might have been a former bastion and gun turret. He is bricked with small quarry stones. The middle part consists of carefully carved stone blocks, presumably from the demolition material of the 1680 looped castle.
In the northwestern corner of the "Hagens" was an exposed location with free field of fire in the direction of Rheine and Hörstel. The outer moat area with Mersch and Mörchengraben was created after 1652 by Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen (reigned 1650-1678).
The Tuch- und Wandmacheramt had great significance in Bevergern. 35 masters founded the guild of wallmakers in 1599. As early as 1654, the wallmakers had first applied for permission to build and operate their own fulling mill, because conditions at the Gravenhorst Monastery had become increasingly unfavorable. After they had failed several times at the opposition of the monastery, they applied again in 1785 and 1797 a concession, as they had to go for walking with their cloths to Rheine, Gravenhorst or even Bramsche or Plantlünne. On 01.05.1799, Prince-Bishop Maximilian Franz granted the concession to build a new mill.
The mill windmill was equipped with a hammer mill and was operated with wind; demonstrably the only one in the Oberstift Münster. The building plans of 1798 have been preserved in the Münster State Archives. However, the mill was built only in 1804. This was probably related to the dissolution of the prince bishopric of Münster in 1803 and the lease term of the miller in Rheine.
On 02/28/1880 the landlord Gerhard Levedag bought the oil and walk mill and with a contract of inheritance from 30.07.1838 the mill was transferred to his son. Until about 1923, the mill was operated; at the end with a diesel engine. At the end of the 19th century, the wings and the wooden gallery were still there, as can be seen in an old photograph. Over time, the mill fell more and more to ruin. At the beginning of the seventies Theres and Alfons Vormweg bought the stump of ruins, restored it and made it habitable. In the 1990s, the gallery was renewed and the tower increased by six meters to its original height. Pentecost 2004 the tower was put on a new hood. The ensemble still includes a Heuerlingshaus from the 18th century and a Backhausspeicher from the late 18th century.
The mill can be visited from the outside.
Source: www.hoerstel.de
