Dolní mlýn, Watermill in Větrný Jeníkov, Czech Republic.

Dolní mlýn is an old grain mill situated along a stream in the Czech region. The building contains a water wheel, millstones, and conveying equipment that remain visible and demonstrate how grain was processed into flour.

Dolní mlýn dates from the 19th century: the year 1887 is carved by the engine room and 1890 at the entrance to the cattle stall. It stands south of Větrný Jeníkov on the Jiřínský potok and is protected as a cultural monument of the Czech Republic. Its present owner is the artistic blacksmith Leopold Habermann.

The mill is now owned by the artistic blacksmith Leopold Habermann, whose sculptures stand freely around the building and grounds. The three-metre wooden water wheel no longer drives millstones but serves his blacksmithing work, so the site is a working forge as much as a former mill.

The mill stands south of Větrný Jeníkov on the Jiřínský potok, reached on foot from the town. Water arrives from a pond through a sluice and a stone channel that turns into a wooden launder (vantroky) above the wheel. The site is private, owned by blacksmith Leopold Habermann, so view the exterior and the sculptures placed around it from the access path.

The wheel is an overshot type measuring 3.8 m in diameter, 58 cm between the rims and 24 cm deep buckets, turning 9 times per minute at full load. Water reaches it from the pond via a sluice and a stone channel that turns into a wooden launder. The wheel now serves blacksmithing, not milling.