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The Schwengelbrunnen is a sweep well with a
long horizontal beam balanced on a vertical
beam, a rope and bucket attached on one end
and a heavy counterweight at the other. By
pulling on the rope, the bucket is lowered
into a ground well (30-50 feet deep, often
lined with bricks). The full bucket of
water is then raised by pushing down on the
counterweight. The beam can be swung around
to empty the bucket. This procedure
facilitates irrigation when a river is low,
which means that higher ground can be used
for farming. This method has existed for
hundreds of years.
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Donauschwaben, Gauss/Weidenheim] |
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Schwengelbrunnen
[Die Donauschwaben, Gauss/Weidenheim]
The
Schwengelbrunnen in the early
years of the settlement in Apatin.
[Hans Kopp]
Schwengelbrunnen, Ernsthausen, Banat.
[Hans Kopp]
Schwengelbrunnen
near the town of Apatin.
[Hans Kopp]
Schwengelbrunnen in a back
courtyard.
[Hans Kopp]
Abandoned
Schwengelbrunnen in
the Hutweide, Ulmbach
– Neupetsch.
[Hans Kopp]
Schwengelbrunnen painting by
the Donauschwaben artist Dr. Oskar Sommerfeld,
1885-1973 from Indija, Syrmia (today’s Vojvodina,
Serbia)
[Hans Kopp]
Schwengelbrunnen
[Hans Kopp]
Radbrunnen (wheel wells)
known as the wheel fountain.
[Hans Kopp]
Former
Ingrisch residence, Mercydorf
[Jody McKim Pharr]
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Durr residence, Mercydorf,
Banat 2004 [Jody McKim
Pharr]
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The fountain with the pump in
later years.
[Hans Kopp]
[Published at DVHH.org, 8
Dec 2006 by Jody McKim Pharr]
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