Geisingen town mill

Welcome to Geisingen town mill

The Geisingen town mill is located just outside Geisingen on the Mühlenweg on the Danube. The power of the water was used to drive the mill here for centuries.

It already existed in the Middle Ages. Geisingen belonged to the Wartenberg dynasty and was later an important seat of the Fürstenberg dynasty.

The first mention of a mill at the site dates back to 1333.

The Geisinger mill was probably a ban mill, meaning that the Geisinger farmers, like the farmers in Gutmadingen and Zimmern, were obliged to have their grain ground in this Fürstenberg mill until the 19th century.

Around 1700, the mill was equipped with five grinding gears and a tanning gear (for "de-husking" the grain, e.g. spelt).

In 1830, it was purchased and became private property. The ancestors of today's miller family have owned the mill since 1895. The mill wheels (five at times) are gradually replaced by water turbines. Electric light is installed in 1896.

Unfortunately, the old town mill fell victim to a fire in 1967. However, it was subsequently rebuilt. Thirty years later, a new building was added for the bakery, a store, the office and the warehouse. And in 2007, another building extension was added for the bakery and dispatch department.

Today, the Stadtmühle specializes in the production of spelt baked goods. Numerous baked specialties are produced according to traditional recipes and nutritional recommendations from Hildegard von Bingen and sold in the store and online.

Water power is still the main source of energy for this mill today.

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Source: DZT Knowledge Graph