Steam mill in Telč, Watermill and cultural monument in Telč, Czech Republic

The Steam Mill in Telč is a former watermill and later steam mill below the dam of the Staroměstský pond on the Telč stream. Its main four-storey mill building with a three-storey residential and administrative wing has gabled roofs and a Neoclassical gable facade facing the access road. Water reached the wheel and later the turbine through a channel from the pond, ending in an open steel flume on stone pillars, in place since 1888.

The mill is first mentioned in 1553. In 1807 Jakub Lang founded a cloth factory in Telč, and in 1825 the mill became part of it. The Podstatzky-Lichtenstein family rebuilt the site in 1863, installed a steam engine from the Prague Joint Stock Company in 1887 and replaced the water wheel with a Francis turbine in 1923, owning it until 1945. Milling continued until 1957, after which the building served as grain storage.

The mill's Czech name, Dolní mlýn, means "Lower Mill", distinguishing it from the town's upper mill on the Telč stream. From 1825 it formed part of Jakub Lang's cloth factory, founded in Telč in 1807, so the site records the town's shift from milling grain to textile production. The Podstatzky-Lichtenstein family, owners until 1945, rebuilt the complex in 1863.

The mill stands below the dam of the Staroměstský pond at the southern end of Telč's Old Town, reached by the access road facing its Neoclassical gable front. The site is a protected monument in disrepair, with collapsed floors, so view the buildings and the steel flume on stone pillars from outside. The flume has run above ground level since 1888.

After closing in 1957, the site became a storage facility and lost its original purpose. Yet the historic water structures and dam system remain visible today, showing how waterpower was once harnessed.