Steinkopfův mlýn, Historical watermill in Kadaň, Czech Republic.
Steinkopfův mlýn is a two-storey Renaissance watermill on the Ohře in Kadaň, between the weir and the bridge by the former hospital. Its facade is divided by grouped Tuscan pilasters and a plain string course, and it has a saddle roof. The building was partly demolished after a fire in the 1980s.
The mill is documented in the 1654 tax register as a mill in the suburb of Kadaň. A 1811 fire probably hit it, after which it was rebuilt in Neoclassical style; Josef Peter altered the residential wing and facade in 1904, a turbine was installed in 1907, the millrace was vaulted in 1926, and A. Sturm redesigned the residential part in 1931. It burned again in the 1980s and was partly demolished.
The mill's name recalls the Steinkopf family of millers; the building is a listed cultural monument of the Czech Republic. Its machinery history is documented by the Francis turbine installed in 1907, which replaced the waterwheel with a 4 m³/s flow, 1.5 m head and 60 HP output by 1930. A sawmill once belonged to the site but disappeared before 1930.
The mill stands on the Ohře between the weir and the bridge near the former hospital, in Kadaň. It burned in the 1980s and was partly demolished, so it is seen from the outside only; no tours or interior access exist. The arched millrace and the site of the vanished sawmill can be traced along the riverbank.
The mill's water came from a weir through a millrace, arched over in 1926; a Francis turbine was installed in 1907, and by 1930 it ran at a flow of 4 m³/s and a head of 1.5 m, producing 60 HP. A sawmill also belonged to the mill but vanished before 1930. The building burned again in the 1980s and was partly demolished.
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