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Gipsmühle Sawmill Schwangau

Gipsmühle Sawmill Schwangau

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Gipsmühle Sawmill Schwangau

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Location: Schwangau, Ostallgäu, Allgäu, Swabia, Bavaria, Germany

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Mara

May 5, 2018

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Trade has been going on in the area around the Pöllat Gorge since the 17th century. The gypsum mill was previously used to crush and grind burnt gypsum and transport …

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Siggi

September 23, 2020

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This gypsum mill was a mill system powered by the water of the Pöllat, in which calcined gypsum was crushed and transported down the Lech in sacks on rafts. It was used partly as fertilizer, but above all as plaster of paris which was very popular in the baroque and rococo periods.

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Matthi 🧗🏻

August 22, 2021

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Old plaster mill, but pretty dilapidated.

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Elevation 880 m

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