A water mill from the first half of the 18th century. The mill is located in Pekelské údolí about 5 km from the town of Hartmanic.
The first entry is in the land register from 1780, when the owner Marie Dohalská from Dohalice sold it to Tomáš Thurnwald.
The building is referred to as Sterzmühle in Mochov, No. 10. After 1945, the mill was confiscated from the original owners.
The ruin of the mill was purchased in 1966 and gradually repaired by JUDr. Václav Hrabánek (1915, Trieste - April 20, 2005, Kašperské Hory), a Prague banking entrepreneur who had to make a living as a forest worker, transporter, taxi driver after the communist coup.
Václav Hrabánek lived here without running water or electricity for thirty years. He kept a herd of Hucul horses, devoted himself to the Šumava traditional folk underpainting on glass and became one of the legendary figures of the Šumava region.
The mill is an unforgettable backdrop in Jiří Menzel's film I Served the English King. Footage of Ivan Vojnár's film Journey through the Desolate Forest (a black-and-white parable that takes place in Šumava on the eve of World War I) was filmed here, director Jiří Strach filmed the fairy tale Three Lives here, and director Agnieszka Holland filmed the film The Charlatan.
The Sterzmühle mill used to grind flour, which could only be used for grits, as the bread made from it was too crumbly. Šterc is a traditional Šumava dish.
A path (100 m) leads from the narrow asphalt road from Hartmanice to Busil and Stará Huť. You can walk along it along the mill, but do not enter the property - it is private property.
By the asphalt road (where you park) there is a memorial plaque dedicated to Míl Říh from Písek (February 14, 1914 – November 15, 1943), a member of the resistance during World War II. Říha hid from the Nazis in the Žežulka yard of owner Franz Seidl. Here he was severely wounded by the Gestapo, and succumbed to his injuries in the General Public District Hospital in Sušice. The board stands on the site of Seidl's former house
The first entry is in the land register from 1780, when the owner Marie Dohalská from Dohalice sold it to Tomáš Thurnwald.
The building is referred to as Sterzmühle in Mochov, No. 10. After 1945, the mill was confiscated from the original owners.
The ruin of the mill was purchased in 1966 and gradually repaired by JUDr. Václav Hrabánek (1915, Trieste - April 20, 2005, Kašperské Hory), a Prague banking entrepreneur who had to make a living as a forest worker, transporter, taxi driver after the communist coup.
Václav Hrabánek lived here without running water or electricity for thirty years. He kept a herd of Hucul horses, devoted himself to the Šumava traditional folk underpainting on glass and became one of the legendary figures of the Šumava region.
The mill is an unforgettable backdrop in Jiří Menzel's film I Served the English King. Footage of Ivan Vojnár's film Journey through the Desolate Forest (a black-and-white parable that takes place in Šumava on the eve of World War I) was filmed here, director Jiří Strach filmed the fairy tale Three Lives here, and director Agnieszka Holland filmed the film The Charlatan.
What is Sterz?
The Sterzmühle mill used to grind flour, which could only be used for grits, as the bread made from it was too crumbly. Šterc is a traditional Šumava dish.
How will we get there:
A path (100 m) leads from the narrow asphalt road from Hartmanice to Busil and Stará Huť. You can walk along it along the mill, but do not enter the property - it is private property.
By the asphalt road (where you park) there is a memorial plaque dedicated to Míl Říh from Písek (February 14, 1914 – November 15, 1943), a member of the resistance during World War II. Říha hid from the Nazis in the Žežulka yard of owner Franz Seidl. Here he was severely wounded by the Gestapo, and succumbed to his injuries in the General Public District Hospital in Sušice. The board stands on the site of Seidl's former house
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Šterc je tradiční šumavské jídlo.
(c) Text & foto: ŠumavaNet.CZ
