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Dřevíček Mill

Mlýn Dřevíček

Dřevíček Mill - a museum for children and their parents

The Dřevíček mill is the only fully functional water mill in East Bohemia. You will find yourself in 1939, when the mill was technically completed. The miller will show you a demonstration of the complete operation of the original equipment of this unique technical monument. During the tour, you don't just have to watch, but you can also "touch" some of the miller's work. Children will enjoy the waterman and the mill devils. And if you stop by the mill at the right time, you will also take away fragrant bread made from freshly milled flour. 
+ suitable for families with children and school trips 
+ ideal stop on a popular cycle route 
+ suitable for all weather conditions 
Mlýn Dřevíček
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How is grain turned into flour? What can the machines used by our ancestors to make flour actually do? And where do the mill devils have their lair? You find all this out on a visit to Dřevíček Mill.

Tours

Visiting hours: 10.00 - 17.00  
 
Guided tours with the miller: from 10.00 expert interpretation, from 11.10 free interpretation (also for children), from 12.30 continuously without guide 
 
April - June, September - October: Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday + holidays; July - August: daily 
 
School trips and organised groups: from April to December by appointment at any time 
 

This mill in Horní Dřevíč is situated on the boundary between Hronov and Stárkov. Children and adults can see how flour was milled from in the first half of the 20th century. The mill still contains all the mill equipment, which was fully functional before 1940. Visitors to the mill can learn about the whole process from grinding the grain from the farmers through to when the flour was dispensed. They can discover what the pocket lifts, grinding stool, peeler, reform and other equipment was used for. And then the mill starts up, driven by the power of the water: all the shafts and pulleys turn, and the strong leather belts get everything in the mill moving.

Technology lovers will be in their element, and can admire how such apparently simple machinery can change grain into flour. The ground floor of the mill also houses an exhibition of the machines and equipment needed to make bread or rolls – again, everything used 70–80 years ago.

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