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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