Mill
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Recent remains (19th century) of an oil mill (Dischlachmühle) mentioned since the 13th century. Renovated from 2007 to 2008, it marks the entry of the new price of the Décapole.This mill is located at the crossroads of two former major traffic routes:
- a salt road, oriented east-west, which ran along the Moder
- and another, north-south, from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean. Through it, the amber and bronze objects found in the many prehistoric tombs of the Haguenau forest passed through. It was part of a set of six intramural mills. Today, you can only see the remains of it, namely a paddle wheel, parts of walls and foundations, but also part of the transmission mechanism dating back to the 19th century...
Remember, Haguenau was originally an island formed by two branches of the Moder... And this mill was located on one of these branches now filled. Indeed, it is here that the two branches of the river that formed the island where the castle of Barbarossa was located flowed together.
