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The mills of the Office Balga
The indigenous people of our province crushed their crops mostly in mills, of which some in Prussia – Museum in Kaliningrad and in the collection in the park can be seen to Schettnienen. Also on the heap of stones some farm is one, unnoticed, perhaps even shattered. It was a trough-shaped hollowed stone in which the fruit is poured. With a fist-sized stone they were crushed.
The Order reserved the right to approve the facilities of mills. Nobles and Kölmer were given the right to apply mills. There was only water mills. Because at that time were still many forests, and artificial drainage was not well known, the water flowed much more slowly, so that the millers had all year water. Fishing in ponds mill stand to the village mayor or the miller. The miller had to deliver fattened by any way a certain amount of grain, flour or a certain amount of pork into office
In many cases, the mills Fliehburgen, where residents took refuge in wars were. By inheritance or purchase the mill sites were independently.
There was Mühlzwang, the residents of each village were assigned a determinate mill as customers. Mahlgeld was rarely collected, instead, the Metz grain was collected from 16 bushels to Metzen 1 Metz, or customers had to drive the grain to Metz Balga to vacate the mill pond and repair the dams. ,
The mills in the country belonged almost entirely to the nobles.
Grinding mills with two aisles were Wolittnick (1570), Fedderau (1469), Neusieden = Naußeden, Hasselbusch to Pellen duly Bahnau (1632) to Lindenau, Pochlulen? (1570), towing stone, stone Ahren (1543), Kling Beck (1539), Wilkenith (1510), Partugallehoff (1475), Rödersdorf.
Hermsdorf was a Erbmahlmühle that could invest in the establishment of the village Schulze 1337th
In Hoppenbruch the house mill for the castle in Balga was.
The mill in Eisenberg had an independent owner always.
Besides grinding mills were cutting mills, Bark Mill and for clothier fulling mills.
The two saw-mills of the Office Balga in Wilkenith (1510) and in Arenstein often incumbent duty to cut a certain amount of boards for the office.
The grinding mill to Zinten had 3 courses and yielded 30 bushels of wheat, 3 loads 30 bushels of corn, malt and 6 liters of 10 pigs.
Zinten also had a fulling mill.
The dates refer to the last ceremony.
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The grinding mill to Heiligenbeil had four courses in 1676, including to wheat one. She was oberschlägig and had to pay 30 bushels of wheat, 3 load fatted (each 60 bushels) and 30 bushels of corn, 18 liters of malt and 12 pigs. The wheat flour of Heiligenbeil was famous for its delicacy across the province.
The mill pond was a Heiligenbeil Hube large and belonged to the office. Every citizen had a day off in the evening and in the morning to fish with one hand wading in the sunshine to provide six sacks, but only to relieve themselves of the table. In alignment was fished there for the rule. The pond has held approximately 7 trains, but he could not be released because of the grinder.
In addition, in Heiligenbeil was a Lohmühle, which belonged to a tanner, it discounted the trades of tanners and shoemakers each 6 marks) and a fulling mill which belonged to the office. Of each piece of cloth 5 pence, and from each Techer leather 6 penny had to be paid.