Brettmühle (Johanngeorgenstadt)

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View of the former board mill

The Brettmühle , also known at the time as Commun Bretmühle , was one of the oldest buildings in Johanngeorgenstadt in the Saxon Ore Mountains in what is now the Steigerdorf district.

In the city founding deed of February 23, 1654 (a. St.) the Bohemian exiles were allowed to build a board mill . This was confirmed in the city privileges of Johanngeorgenstadt on March 14, 1656.

As early as May 1654, the exiles were looking for a suitable place for a sawmill in order to obtain building material for the new town on Fastenberg . The choice fell on the lower reaches of the Kirschbächel , immediately before this flowed into the black water . Gabriel Hammerdörffer (1616–1683) advanced financial resources .

However, the site belonged to the area of a mountain house that existed before the construction of Johanngeorgenstadt and the rock or the rock house was called. This rock house, the successor of which still exists today, belonged to the Annaberg city ​​physicist Franziskus Hegenwald at the time , who, out of freedom and pity, allowed the exiles to build a board mill on his property so that construction work could begin immediately.

However, on June 20, 1654, Hegenwald sold the Felshaus to the hammer mill owner Caspar Wittich for 180 thalers . The newly formed municipal council of Johanngeorgenstadt endeavored to acquire the Felshaus itself and started negotiations with Caspar Wittich, who agreed to sell it after five years. In 1659, the Felshaus became the property of the city for 157 Taler 12 Groschen. At that time, this also included the St. Wolfgang Stolln mine , which was located on the property of the Felshaus. Since there were difficulties with paying the purchase price, the city council was forced to sell the Felshaus to the miner Oswald Solbrich on December 8, 1659, who paid 115 thalers for it.

However, the newly built board mill remained in the municipal ownership, the construction costs of which amounted to 208 thalers, 7 groschen and 10 pfennigs. The wood from the nearby stamp mill ruin was used as building material for the town's board mill.

However, the sawmill soon paid for itself, as the need for processed boards and other building materials was enormous. Due to the electoral privileges, the timber could be removed from the electoral forests free of charge for ten years until 1664. This permit was interpreted very broadly and the middle Fastenberg above the Brettmühle was almost completely cut down. This is how the open spaces and meadow areas that still extend up to Eibenstocker Straße were created, what was later known as the Külliggut area. Several letters of protest from foresters prove this overexploitation of nature.

After the tree trunks taken from the electoral forests had to be paid for from 1664 onwards, timber was mainly taken from the council and communal forests.

The council mill was taken over by Julius Beyreuther at the end of the 19th century and used by him for manufacturing purposes. This is why the settlement that was formed there was also given the nickname Beyreuther . The heavily converted buildings are now used for other purposes.

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  1. ↑ a. St.: old style (time calculation according to the Julian calendar).

Coordinates: 50 ° 26 ′ 57.7 "  N , 12 ° 43 ′ 34.1"  E