Sterzmühle, Baroque watermill in Mochov, Czech Republic

Sterzmühle is a watermill with baroque features located in Mochov, positioned along a creek that once powered its grinding machinery. The complex mixes sturdy stone construction for the mill itself with a wooden residential section topped by a covered timber gallery.

The mill is recorded on the map of the First Military Survey of 1764–1768, which places its origin in the 18th century. It stands south of Mochov in the Pekelské Valley on the Volšovka stream and is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

The mill is known locally as Žežulka and in German as Sterzmühle, names tied to its setting in the Pekelské Valley. Its working parts survive in place: a millrace with wooden flumes fed water through a sluice gate onto the water wheel, and a tailrace returned it to the Volšovka stream. The site is a protected cultural monument of the Czech Republic.

The mill stands on a secluded spot south of Mochov in the Pekelské Valley, on the Volšovka stream; the access road leads from the village. The mill building with its water system and the barn form a single yard, and the wooden gallery is reached by stairs. The site is a protected monument, so the buildings are viewed from outside.

The mill complex includes the main building, a stone barn, and a water system that demonstrates historical milling operations in the Pekelske Valley.