Wenn alles erwacht - Bolzano

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It’s Bolzano’s oldest and now only mill. First
mentioned in 1599, the Schlösslmühle in the
St Antonstrasse has been run by the Silbernagl
family for 200 years.
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“Cereali e non solo – Getreide und mehr” (grains and
much else besides) is written on the sign at the Schlösslmühle.
85-year-old Josef Silbernagl, who together with
his sons Paul and Klaus maintain the family’s milling
tradition, bears living testimony to how healthy freshlyground
grains are. The Schlösslmühle has long been
more than just a mill, it’s also a little shop selling not only
freshly-ground grains but also fresh bread, pizzas, pasta
and much else besides.
The Silbernagl family, originally from Kastelruth,
took over the mill 200 years ago. In those days the
millstones were powered by water diverted from the
river Talfer along a mill-channel starting near Schloss
Rendelstein in St Anton and continuing via the Weggenstein
street to the suburb of Zwölfmalgreien, and
which powered the workshops of many other craftsmen:
blacksmiths, tanners, cobblers and dyers,
among many others.
When the hydroelectric power station of Rendelstein
was built in 1956, the Schlösslmühle switched from water
power to electricity and the old mill-channel was filled
in, as happened to many other minor water-courses in
Bolzano. The Schlösslmühle is not only a mecca for cereal
and müsli-eaters. You can also buy freshly-milled
South Tyrolean grains, various types of polenta (maizemeal),
buckwheat and also more unusual grains like kamut
and Canadian Manitoba wheat, various müsli blends
with shredded rye, barley and oats, rice, oatflakes, pulses
and nuts. Many of these products are organic.
So the Schlösslmühle is definitely worth a visit and the
wonderful Oswald promenade starts just opposite...
Grains and
much else
besides...
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