Unterterzen grain mill

On the western edge of the Rütiwiese meadow, close to the Rütibach stream, stands a completely free-standing corn mill in Unterterzen. It is over 250 years old. In the 18th and 19th centuries in particular, it served as an important and, for the time, modern commercial mill in eastern Switzerland. At that time, due to the difficulties of transportation, grain was imported rather than finished flour, which was only milled in the area of consumption. But even in this century, grain was eagerly ground at this mill during the two world wars. In the interwar period, the mill was in operation for three to four weeks a year. It now mainly served the local farmers of Quarten, Oberterzen, Murg, Quinten and Mols. The self-sufficient could grind their grain here. The mill was primarily a corn mill. However, wheat was also ground here. However, the slopes on Lake Walen are not very suitable for growing grain. It is therefore understandable that after the war, farmers stopped growing maize and wheat and specialized in livestock farming. The mill finally closed in 1947. During the world wars of 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, the mill was in continuous operation, even at night.