In 1835 Michael Engelhardt had a plan for a cutting saw approved, which was also built three years later, and in 1840 he received a prospecting license from the Wunsiedel Mining Authority to mine coal and copper ore in the Marktschorgast corridor, the so-called "Lache". Engelhardt says: "Four years later, in 1844, the Inclined Plane was built and Michael Engelhardt may have speculated on being able to deliver the coal."
In 1843 Michael Engelhardt died of “dysentery” at the age of 42, and three of his sons with him died within just nine days. His ambitious plans were no longer implemented. The widow then had a daughter from her servant Friedrich Kofer and married him too. Under the leadership of Friedrich Kofer, however, the property and the mill went steadily downhill.
It was only Johann Christian Engelhardt who knew how to get the mill and the lands back on the road to success.
Johann Engelhardt, Hans Engelhardt's father, took over the mill in 1935, which was completely rebuilt in 1938 and brought up to date. At the same time, the water wheel was replaced by a turbine. In 1950, major renovations were carried out on the house and in 1956 work began on the new construction of today's cutting saw, which was not put into operation until 1964/65 by Hans Engelhardt. In 1964, "Streitmühl Hans" married his wife Helga, née Gräf from the Himmelkron district of Kemeritz. In 1970 he took over the property and then handed it over to his son Wolfgang in 2003.
Engelhardt concludes: "For centuries, alongside the grinding mill, which was operated for over 430 years until 1972, agriculture and, in some cases, fruit growing, were the main source of income for the property." For around 50 years, the cutting saw has become the main occupation. The families at the Streitmühle have always had many children. The armed forces mill, which is over 300 years old, will be full of life and will remain so for the next 100 years.