Unterterzen grain mill
The Unterterzen corn mill, over 250 years old, stands free on the western edge of the Rütiwiese. It once served as an important trading mill in eastern Switzerland and was in operation during the world wars.
On the western edge of the Rütiwiese meadow, directly on the Rütibach stream, stands a free-standing corn mill in Unterterzen that is over 250 years old.
It was an important trading mill in eastern Switzerland, especially in the 18th and 19th centuries. At that time, grain was imported instead of flour due to the difficult transportation conditions and only milled on site.
The mill was still in use in the 20th century:
During the First World War (1914-1918) and the Second World War (1939-1945), it was in continuous operation, at times even at night.
In the interwar period, it only ran for three to four weeks a year and was mainly used by farmers from Quarten, Oberterzen, Murg, Quinten and Mols, who milled their own grain here.
The mill was primarily a maize mill, although wheat was also occasionally processed. As the slopes on Lake Walen were poorly suited to growing corn, farmers stopped producing corn and wheat after the Second World War and specialized in livestock farming.
In 1947, the mill was finally closed down.