The Bertholdmühle, which has been family-owned since 1769, is not a post mill but a former watermill. Since the early 1930s, the mill has been driven by diesel engines, as the water flow has been steadily decreasing. At the beginning of the 1960s, the flow of water came to a complete standstill. Since then, production has been running on electrical energy.

In addition to the guided tours in the mill, a visit to the mill shop is particularly recommended.
Source: oderwitz.de

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Using the power of moving water to drive a mill wheel is an ancient invention of the human spirit of discovery, the origins of which can be traced back to times long past. Thanks to such a construction, a natural or artificially created watercourse could simply replace human or animal muscle power with the power of the natural elements, for example to grind grain into corn or to press oil from fruit.

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