Watermill in Svobodné Hamry, Historic watermill in Svobodné Hamry, Czech Republic

The watermill in Svobodné Hamry stands on the Chrudimka river in the Vysočina region. It is a watermill with an undershot wheel, first documented in 1499 and probably dating from the first half of the 14th century. In 1981 part of the mill room was restored and fitted with equipment from the abolished forging hammer at Věžovatá Pláň near Český Krumlov, including a krupník-holendr from the Mezný mill and a jahelka for hulling millet from the Bětník mill.

The mill with a low-water wheel was first mentioned in writing in 1499, though it probably dates from the first half of the 14th century. In 1613 a mill and a tavern stood by the iron hamlet; the 1654 Berní rula tax register records an iron hamr with eight craftsmen's cottages. The last report of the hamr is from 1755; the mill burned down in 1928 and was not rebuilt until 1981.

The mill's name recalls the iron hamr that stood here: a 1654 tax register records eight craftsmen's cottages at the iron works, exempt from dues and corvée. The last report of the hamr dates to 1755. In 1981 the mill was fitted with equipment from the abolished forging hamr at Věžovatá Pláň, and its mill room now displays a krupník-holendr from the Mezný mill and a jahelka for hulling millet from the Bětník mill.

The mill stands on the Chrudimka river in Svobodné Hamry, in the Pardubice region. Its long millrace once ran through the village from a pond. The mill building is part of the Soubor lidových staveb Vysočina open-air collection, where the mill room holds a krupník-holendr from the Mezný mill and a jahelka for hulling millet from the Bětník mill.

The milling equipment seen today was installed in 1981, brought from a closed forge in Věžovatá Pláň near Český Krumlov. The mill building burned down in 1928 and was never rebuilt as a mill; the present machinery and the mill room were restored by the staff of the Vysočina folk architecture collection.