The Courtmill – sawmill and mill in Riedau

The LIGNORAMA stands at the old wood and sawmill

The mill here on the museum grounds (the „Hofmühle“, belonging to the former Riedau Castle) has been documented since a long time: Around 1600, an Ulrich Jägernreithmaier is referred to as court miller (as a profession). A little later, a sawmill with a Venetian gate saw was probably connected, both were in operation until 1965.

When the museum was set up, the dilapidated saw could no longer be used. Therefore, the carpentry Gruber, from Taufkirchen an der Pram, provided an identical, about 200-year-old Venetian gate saw.

Since the former mill stream, which once ran between the old mill and the sawmill (see picture below), no longer exists, the overshot water wheel is now electrically driven in show operation. There are also middle and undershot water wheels.

Here you will find additional information about
– the Venetian gate saw
– the time BEFORE the Venetian gate
– the time AFTER the Venetian gateionen zu

Historical illustrations of the old „Hofmühle“ with attached sawmill.

 

These two reproductions hung in the „Hofmühle“.

Mag. Gernot Gramberger „Die Hofmühle von Riedau. Eine historische Betrachtung“. 1988, unpublished.