The Bottmühle is the name of a former wind and Grain mill. It is between them. Bayenturm and the SeverinstorburgHowever, it was not part of the medieval city wall of Cologne.

Historical representation of the Bottmühle with walkers in the foreground.
Photo credit: Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln, circa 1976/1978 Scheiner, Jakob; Bottmühle, 1887, Kölnisches Stadtmuseum (A I 3/1012 and HM 1907/171, Cologne)Photo credit: Jakob Scheiner (painter, died 1911); Source: Rheinisches Bildarchiv · Public domain · Image source · Reduced for web presentation and saved as WebP. · Image credit

It takes its name from a defence or wall platform (Bott), which in 16th century was built behind the city wall. It was to serve as a weapon position and thus modernize the city wall. A wooden windmill was built on top of it (Bockwindmill). Intact In the 17th century it was replaced by a stone tower windmill.

Bottmühle
© Prof. Dr. Thorsten Fröhlich · Image source · Image credit

After the discontinuation of the mill operation in the 19th century, the mill was dismantled.

The city of Cologne sold the Pantaleons- und Bottmühle to private individuals in 1832, so it was spared after the demolition of the city walls.

Since 1921 again urban, the British administration after the Second World War handed over the Bottmühle of the German Boyhood to youth work. Since 1970, the Bottmühle has been the home of the Youth League of the SJD - The Falcons.

Bottmühle
© Prof. Dr. Thorsten Fröhlich · Image source · Image credit

Sources

www.stadt-koeln.de/leben-in-koeln/ https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottm%C3%BChle

Südstadt: Köln Kompakt Taschenbuch – 19 August 2005 Doris Hansmann (Author) Paperback: 96 pages, Publisher: KiWi-Köln (19 August 2005), Language: German, ISBN-10: 3462035886, ISBN-13: 978-3462035889