Velké Těšany Windmill

The windmill near Velké Těšany recalls the time when dozens of windmills stood in the Kroměříž region. Its history begins in 1830, when Josef Bartoň bought the plot to build a mill. The last miller, František Páter, ground grain here until 1942. The mill has been open to the public since 1979 and was declared a national cultural monument in 2014.

The two-storey wooden building with a gabled roof and massive sails can be seen from far across the landscape. The millstones are on the second floor; the upper stone was turned by a cog wheel connected to the sails. The ground grain fell into the flour bin with sieves on the first floor. The whole mill was turned to face the wind, and the miller changed the number of canvas sheets on the sails according to its strength.

The mill is managed by the Kroměříž Regional Museum (Muzeum Kroměřížska).