Panský mlýn (Starosedlský Hrádek) Water mill

Men's Mill in Old Town Hrádek in the district The silverware is a protected water mill from the 16th century. It is remarkable for preserved technological equipment and its connection to the former fortress. The building stands on the Hradec creek under the Hradec pond and forms a real cultural monument of the Czech Republic. Its protection includes a mill, an economic building and a wall of land.

The first mention of the mill dates back to 1549. Historically, it was part of an extensive economic court belonging to a local fortress. This complex also included stables, granaries, coopers and brewery in the past, some of which were later demolished. The ground of the mill, coopers and brewery separates local communications from the fort.

The area consists of two separate buildings located in the terrain falling south. The main storey residential building is oriented to the square courtyard by the north canopy facade, while on the west side there is an economic building with a drive. The eastern edge of the complex is defined by a wall of stone and brick walls. The south and the west are occupied by the garden. In the courtyard, only the torso of the original ground stalls was preserved.

Water from the pond led to a 60-metre water wheel, which is mostly buried in the ground. The pond and the drive were originally connected by a 12-metre wooden ventrok, but it had disappeared. The wall bed is now damaged and partially filled with rubble, dirt and plants.

In 1717, the Jesuit college of March rented the mill of Václav Kott. Since 1754 it was operated by rod Školů and since 1772 rod Zíků, for which Jesuits built a grafted barn in 1772. The 1777 miller contract guaranteed a free allocation of 15 tribes from the manor forests to build a house. These tribes had to be beaten and transported by the miller. The last owner of the Zík family was Marie Zíková, which sold the building to Prince Charles Schwarzenberg in 1889. Subsequently, the mill was rented by the Butcher family, its last miller was František Řezníček.

The building has a complete equipment of an art cylindrical mill including a double mill border. The technique comes from the manufacturers Jan Prokopa from Prague and Union a.s. from České Budějovice. For propulsion, Francis' horizontal turbine with wet mammals with a maximum power output of 12 HP at 4,5 m and a flow rate of 270 l / s According to the water book, two wheels worked on the upper water with diameters of 426 cm and 395 cm. The electric motor of the Škoda z Plzeň brand with a power output of 7,5 kW is located in the turbine house.

The mill is a valuable technical unit that documents the development of the milling industry and economic structure in the region. It's an important place for anyone interested in industrial history and water mill architecture. Visiting this object allows you to see the operation of historical miller operations.