The mill on the Baderbach brook is the last remaining manorial grain mill on the Baderbach and is located directly opposite the #ploetzhof. Formerly known as the Plötzhaus, it once served as a prison and was named after the “Plötz” waterfall of the Baderbach brook.
The title of manorial grain mill, or »Gmachlmühle«, describes a legal status because at the time of the manorial system (until 1848), some mere farmers were given the right (»Gemächtnis« = understanding, agreement; »Gemach« = order, law) to set up a mill for themselves or together with several other farmers and to operate this to cover their own demand.
The mill was established in 1832 and was owned jointly in equal parts by Unterhöfner Farm and Strumeck Farm. This mill was used until the 1960s to mill cereal (wheat, rye, barley and oats).
There used to be two further such mills at the lower end of Baderbach waterfall, which were owned by Kirchbichl Farm and Walchdach Farm. Remains have been discovered only at the site of the former Waldach mill.
