Týniště 27, Historical watermill in Týniště, Czech Republic.
Týniště 27 is a watermill on Luční potok stream, made up of twelve structures: the mill room, a dwelling house with barn, a small shed, two millraces, two weirs, a sluice gate, a mill pond with ice cellars, an outflow channel and a footbridge. The mill room and house share one roof but are separate inside; the single-storey building is partly timber-framed and partly masonry. The restored overshot wooden wheel, with one row of arms, was made by František Mikyška of Kojetín.
The mill's oldest part, the milling room, dates from 1758; the original dwelling was built around 1800, the new masonry dwelling in 1864, and the barn and shed at the end of the 19th century. It belonged to the family of Wenzel Wunder and stayed in operation until 1945, then decayed and was at one point used as a rubbish dump. In 1976 the Regional Museum in Ústí nad Labem bought it and began reconstruction in 1979.
The mill belonged to the family of Wenzl Wunder and stayed in operation until 1945. The reconstructed upper-shot wheel comes from the maker František Mikyška of Kojetín, and the original carved beam bears the date 1803. A small hand quern is kept for milling demonstrations, and the hopper and chute were transferred from a demolished mill in Malé Žernoseky.
The building is accessible inside through guided visits where you can see the machinery and water systems. It helps to wear sturdy shoes since the floor can be uneven and some areas have steep stairs.
Water power is still directed through original channels that have worked unchanged for hundreds of years. These systems show how mill owners cleverly used water routes to gain constant energy for the machinery.
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