Windmill in Velke Tesany - Vetrny mlyn ve Velkych Tesanech
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N 49° 14.413 E 017° 24.691
33U E 675527 N 5456958
Restored windmill founded in 1830.
Waymark Code: WM8115
Location: Zlínský kraj, Czechia
Date Posted: 01/06/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member montythemule
Views: 186

ENGLISH
It is a two-floor wooden building with a saddle roof, hung-up on a construction made of beams. The base of the building is formed by a cross, into which the central vertical column called “father” supported by four braces is planted. The whole building rotates according to the direction of the wind thanks to a saddle beam construction, which is hung-up on the central column right under the floor of the second storey. On the first floor, there is a flour box with sieves, on which the ground kernel falls from the millstones on the second floor. The upper millstone turns with the help of the cog wheel on the windmill sails. The upper part of the mill, where the millstones and grain hopper are, is called “zanáška”. A room for the miller and his apprentice called “šalanda” belongs to the mill, too. Depending on the required quality, the grain had to be ground even a couple of times. The grain sacks and flour were carried up to the grain hopper on stairs. To rotate the whole mill, a joist reaching down to the ground had to be used, later it was a jack or gin. The windmill was turned in the direction of the wind in the way that the wind shaft was perpendicular to the wind direction. The number of sails also depended on the strenght of the wind.
(Museum of Kromeríž district)

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Opening hours:
Season (April - September)
Tue - Fri 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Sat - Sun 9 a.m. - 12 a.m. / 1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Out of season closed.

CZECH
Jedná se o drevenou dvoupatrovou stavbu se sedlovou strechou, zavešenou na konstrukci z trámu. Základ stavby tvorí kríž, do nejž je nasazen stredový vertikální sloup „otec“, podeprený ctyrmi vzperami. Pod podlahou prvního patra je na stredovém sloupu zavešeno „sedlo“ z trámu, jehož pomocí se celý mlýn otácí podle smeru vetru. V prvním patre je moucnice se síty, na než padá rozemleté zrno z mlýnských kamenu v druhém patre. Vrchní kámen se otácí pomocí palecného kola na vetrných lopat. Horní cást mlýna, kde jsou kameny a násypka pro zrno se nazývá „zanáška“. K mlýnu patrí také tzv. „šalanda“ místnost pro mlynáre a mlece. Podle požadované kvality mouky se zrno premýlalo i nekolikrát. Pytle se zrnem a mouka se do zanášky vynášely po schodech. K otácení mlýnem sloužil trámec, dosahující k zemi, pozdeji se používal hever nebo žentour. Mlýn se natácel po vetru tak, aby hrídel vetrných lopat stála kolmo na smer vetru. Síle vetru se prizpusoboval také pocet „plachet“ na lopatách.
(Muzeum kromerížska)

Stránky o vetrných mlýnev v Ceských zemích www.povetrnik.cz.
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Otevírací doba:
Sezóna (duben - zárí)
úterý - pátek 13.00 - 17.00
sobota - nedele 9.00 - 12.00 / 13.00 - 17.00
Mimo sezónu zavreno.
Date of Manufacture: 08/14/1830

Purpose: Milling

Open to the public: yes

Is This Windmill Functional?: No

Windmill Farm: no

Cost: 20.00 (listed in local currency)

Museum on Site: yes

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