Ship Mill - Geographical Spread of Ship Mills

Geographical Spread of Ship Mills

Ship mills were used on most major rivers in Europe.

  • Elbe - until 1911
  • Rhine: Strasbourg and Mainz - 9th–12th centuriesy
  • Danube: Regensburg - 1493 mentioned; Vienna at Kaisermühlen (Old Danube), or Orth an der Donau (in Lower Austria)
  • Mur River: Austria, Slovenia, Croatia and Hungary
  • Weser: Minden - 1326 first mentioned
  • Tiber: Rome

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