Die Alte Mühle embedded millstone - Gams, Switzerland
Posted by: Rikitan
N 47° 12.261 E 009° 26.438
32T E 533371 N 5227967
One of four millstones that can be seen on public display next to a historic building of Old Mill (Die Alte Mühle) in centre of village Gams. This one is quite large, partially embedded into paving by the entrance door to the mill.
Waymark Code: WMMGE7
Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland
Date Posted: 09/17/2014
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Not less than four millstones can be found by Old Mill (Die Alte Mühle) in centre of village Gams, Switzerland.
Two of the stones stand right by entrance door to the building.
Right one is quite big, up to 1 meter (more than 3 feet) wide in diameter and 25 centimetres (10 inches) thick.
It is partially embedded into paving right by the wall.
Gams is a municipality in the Wahlkreis (constituency) of Werdenberg in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland, with population just above 3000.
First mentioned in 835 as Campesias, later in 1210 as Chames, in 1236 as Gamps.
Until the Middle Ages it was a Romansh village and was known in Romansh as Chiamp.
The Old Mill (Die Alte Mühle) is the oldest building of the municipality in its original structure.
First written evidence of this mill is documented in land register from 1461.
The water mill was used for its original purpose until WWII, then served as storage for vegetable production.
In 1985 it was bought by municipality and renovated. After complete exterior and interior renovation, it was reopened as cultural meeting place in 2003.
Sources:
wikipedia, own visit and pictures at the site