Apriacher Stockmühlen
The eight Apriach stick mills in Apriach in the Austrian municipality of Heiligenblut am Großglockner form one of the last remaining Alpine stick mill ensembles . The name Stockmühle is derived from the wooden drive shaft of the millstone, popularly known as the "Stock".
history
Until a few decades ago, grain cultivation dominated the sunny slopes of Apriach. Because of the altitude of 1500 meters, cereals that were not sensitive to the cold had to be used. Almost every farm on the Apriacher Bach had its own mill. The gore mill has two millstocks and is a communal mill of two farmers. The mills date from the 18th century at the latest, the dirt mill is marked with 1792. In 1976, the mill owners founded an association for the preservation of the mills, and in 1983 the mill ensemble was placed under protection by the Federal Monuments Office.
description
The mill buildings stand freely above the site on high wooden supports: the Mühlbach flows continuously from the water wheel of one mill to the next below the mill floor. This means that all mills can be operated at the same time. The small turbine-like water wheel of the mill with fan-shaped blades, called “flottern”, in the vertical corrugated tree is connected to the upper millstone, the “runner”, which is arranged on the same shaft without any transmission. The lower millstone, the "Leger", remains standing. The water channels and water wheels are made of larch wood, the millstones are made of soft granite.
See also
Web links
proof
- Manfred Wehdorn, Ute Georgeacopol-Winischhofer, Paul W. Roth and Elfriede Mejchar: architectural monuments of technology and industry in Austria . Vol. 2, Styria, Carinthia . Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna 1998, ISBN 978-3-205-05202-9 , p. 130.
- Dehio manual. The art monuments of Austria. Carinthia . Anton Schroll, Vienna 2001, ISBN 3-7031-0712-X , p. 19
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Coordinates: 47 ° 0 ′ 39.6 ″ N , 12 ° 53 ′ 9.5 ″ E