Mill order

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A mill regulation is a legal document that contains regulations for the operation of a mill . In it regulations that affect mill and hydraulic engineering as well as the entire mill system were written down. Milling regulations were only valid for certain communities or regions, so they were not universally valid documents. Usually a new oath had to be taken on them every year.

Background and story

In the Middle Ages in particular, the miller was preceded by a reputation for dishonesty, which was exacerbated by the mill compulsion : “He was often slandered as a cheater and flour deteriorator; this brought the miller a social outsider position . The rulers saw themselves prompted by complaints of the meal guests (meal customers) to intervene and to issue mill regulations, which were part of the land law . These mill regulations contained strict rules on the rights and duties of the miller. ”Among other things, it regulated how large the miller's share of the grist had to be as wages for grinding.

The saying "First come, first served!", Which is still in use today, has its origin in the Sachsenspiegel by Eike von Repgow and was a democratic rule in the Middle Ages. It said that even princes at a mill are not given preference, but that the guests are served one after the other.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See Johann Georg Krünitz. Economic encyclopedia . 1773-1858. Online version at http://www.kruenitz1.uni-trier.de/ . "Mill regulations, an official ordinance of what the grain millers have to observe in their entire business, as well as the meal guests and the mill overseers."
  2. ↑ a b c Jutta Böhm: Mühlen-Radwanderung. Routes: Kleinziegenfelder Tal and Bärental , Weismain environmental station of the Lichtenfels district, Weismain / Lichtenfels (Lichtenfels district), 2000, 52 p. (Numerous illustrations, canton), p. 8.
  3. ↑ a b cf. Daniel Schneider: Das Mühlengewerbe in der Grafschaft Sayn-Altenkirchen, in: Heimat-Jahrbuch des Kreis Altenkirchen, 59 (2016), p. 219 ff.
  4. ↑ Friedbert Wißkirchen: Mühlen an Salm and Kleiner Kyll ( Memento of the original from January 13, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jahrbuch-daun.de
  5. ↑ Helge Hesse: Here I stand, I can't help it. Through world history in 80 sentences. 4th edition. Piper, Munich 2011, p. 89, ISBN 978-3492251273 .