Watermill in Práče, Watermill in Záběhlice, Prague 10, Czech Republic.

The Watermill in Práče is a historic milling facility in the Záběhlice district of Prague. The building contains traditional grinding mechanisms powered by water diverted from a stream, with a system of wheels and gears that process grain.

The mill is first documented on 23 November 1450, when the miller Michal Myška sold it to the miller Tobiáš together with eight strych of farmland and two cows for 700 kop of groschen. By the mid-17th century only one cottage with a smithy and the manorial mill stood by the Práče farmstead. In 1930 the mill passed to the brewery owned by the Vršovice civic savings bank, and after 1989 it served as a vegetable store.

The mill's name comes from the vanished village of Práče, and the 1450 purchase contract names miller Michal Myška selling it to miller Tobiáš for 700 kop of groschen. After 1989 the building served as a vegetable store. Look for the sculptural plasterwork on the façade and gables, plus surviving statues, paintings and reliefs inside.

The mill stands by the pond in Záběhlice, Prague 10, on the Botič stream. The surviving millrace branches off the right bank of the Botič about 650 metres upstream at a weir called Marcela and feeds Práčský rybník just above the mill; the turbine fountain sits below the pond dam. The building is a protected monument, so view it from the outside.

In 1930 the mill ran a Francis turbine with a flow of 0.344 m³/s, a head of 1.74 m and an output of 6 HP. The turbine fountain stands below the pond dam, and the surviving millrace branches off the right bank of the Botič about 650 m upstream at the Marcela weir.