--- title: "Paltrock windmill Schkortitz" url: "https://www.leipzig.travel/en/poi/paltrock-windmill-schkortitz" description: "The Paltrock Mill celebrates its reopening on German Mill Day 2013 after it was dismantled in Wurzen-Roitzsch from 2009 to 2013, renovated and rebuilt in Schkortitz. The entire beams of the mill case and the ring rail were preserved and reused. The outer cladding, the floors and the roof cap are new. The interior has been restored to the older state when the mill was first mentioned in around 1836, i.e. all modernizations such as electric drives, transmissions, elevators, mixers and rolling mills have been dismantled and some have been set up as decommissioned equipment. Instead, a wind drive with louvre blades, vane shaft, comb wheel and a grinding gear with millstones were installed. This means that flour and meal can now be ground again using wind power." language: "en" type: "Place" image: "https://dam.destination.one/924521/7b8a25dc711a303aef4398c0e405366df9a504f0fce88d1e6b52453c08cfc8bd/paltrockwindm-252-hle-schkortitz-169-priemer.jpg" breadcrumb: "Root > Leipzig Travel > Special > Destination.Data Details > Poi" --- Share Paltrock windmill Schkortitz ============================ - Mill Paltrockwindmühle Schkortitz © Priemer The Paltrock Mill celebrates its reopening on German Mill Day 2013 after it was dismantled in Wurzen-Roitzsch from 2009 to 2013, renovated and rebuilt in Schkortitz. The entire beams of the mill case and the ring rail were preserved and reused. The outer cladding, the floors and the roof cap are new. The interior has been restored to the older state when the mill was first mentioned in around 1836, i.e. all modernizations such as electric drives, transmissions, elevators, mixers and rolling mills have been dismantled and some have been set up as decommissioned equipment. Instead, a wind drive with louvre blades, vane shaft, comb wheel and a grinding gear with millstones were installed. This means that flour and meal can now be ground again using wind power. Read more Good to know ------------ Openings Visits and guided tours by appointment. Read more Eligibility - for Groups - for individual guests - Suitable for the Elderly Directions & Parking facilities By car: Take the A14 in Taucha. Follow the A14 to Wurzener Str./B107 in Grimma, take exit 31-Grimma on the A14. Follow Wurzener Str./B107 to your destination. By public transport: Take the RB 110 to Grimma Bahnhof, then take bus no. 632 to Schkortitz (Grimma). It is an 8-minute walk to the destination. Read more Organization Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH License (master data) Leipzig Tourismus und Marketing GmbH Nearby ------ View on map - Place of interest - Mill - Mill - Mill Contact Schmiedeberg 04668 Grimma