Cseri Miklós - Horváth Anita - Szabó Zsuzsanna (szerk.): Discover Rural Hungary!, Guide (Szentendre, Hungarian Open Air Museum, 2007)

VIII Bakony, Balaton-Uplands - VIII-1 Watermill from Nyirád

VIII Watermill from Nyirád The mill was built by the Bishopric of Veszprém. It has a tiled roof and stone walls. It previously stood on the outskirts of Nyirád, along the mill canal from the Kígyós stream. In the 1840s the mill was rebuilt using the old walls and two stone hoppers were installed. There is a lean-to wheel-building with two overshot wheels and a lock-gate. The wooden structure of the mill was recarved by Transylvanian (Gyergyószentmiklós) craftsmen. The wheels with a 3, 5 metre diameter and a cellstructure are turned by water power On the right hand side there are two stone Hungary Water mills are first mentioned in Hungarian charters in the 11th-12th century. They were most common in mountainous areas. Their importance increased up to a peak in the 18401850s. In 1863 there were 9173 water mills and 4301 ship mills. Water mitts were eventuatly replaced by the spread of steam driven mitls.