Schwarze Au

Prince Bismarck mill in Aumuehle

The Black Au is drained a creek in southern Schleswig -Holstein, the large parts of the Saxon Forest.

The source of the Black Au is at 38 m above sea level north of the city Schwarzenbek. It crosses the Saxons forest in east-west direction, flows through the district Aumühler Friedrichsruh, where it is dammed up to the castle pond, and empties into Aumuehle at an altitude of 11 m above sea level in the Bille. Immediately opposite the mouth is the production site of Prince Bismarck source, a subsidiary of the Nestlé Group.

Course

The Black Au springs on a pasture 300 feet south of the road Havekost - Grove. From its source, the wider Black Au usually flows first straightened in the meadows and fields on the edge of small trees in southwestern direction. 800 meters, it is passed through a tube with a field. After 200 meters, it comes to light again and changes the flow direction of southeast.

With a little water to Southeast

In the tube Unters field ...

... And then to the southwest.

After crossing the old railway embankment of the disused railway line Schwarzenbek -Bad Oldesloe it flows between Saxony Forest ( Big Radekamp ) and new B 404 Schwarzenbek gone south. You pass under this federal road at the forest house Radekamp. After the Au has 600 m to the south crossed the railway line Hamburg-Berlin and started the water of the Black Bek, it flows to the west.

The Saxon Forest

In Saxony the forest Kammerbek empties into the Black Au, then the Au flows through the rod ponds to the former copper mill pond (not currently dammed and dry like ) east of Friedrichsruh the water of Süsterbek take.

East of the rod ponds ....

Dry fallen copper mill pond

In Friedrichsruh it is dammed up to the castle pond. In earlier times, here was a paper mill. At this point, the Ochsenbek that drains the checkout Burger Moor opens. Shortly before its confluence with the Bille the Black Au is dammed to Aumühler mill pond. The creek is 15 kilometers long.

History

The four jams of the Black Au have been created for the operation of water mills, so that a historical industrial area was built on the floodplain.

Mill Pond

The first mill was the corn mill mill pond just before the mouth of the Au in the Bille. It is first mentioned in 1350 in a messenger account the Hamburg combing. She was forced mill for 13 surrounding villages until the introduction of freedom of trade. 1650 of the mill, the brewery affiliated to Auemühle and awarded the fully licensed. 1681 construction of a sawmill "not far from the orthe, woselbst the awe in the bille will flow with ". The mill ceased operation in 1959. The licensed bar is connected to the mill was used for conversion to a restaurant.

Schlossteich

At present the castle pond, a paper mill was built in 1598, has ground to 1758 rags for papermaking. After that, the buildings have been converted to an iron factory. The paper mill is to an iron hammer. In 1800 there were a cast iron, band, and wide hammers, a grinding mill, rotary and screw factory and a saw and an anchor forge available. This iron factory was operated until 1812.

Copper rod mill pond & lake

1620 lower and upper copper mill be built