Technisches Museum Ölmühle Pockau

About the museum

As early as around 1650, the first oil mill of the village, where linseed oil was pressed, stood in the Pockauer Marterbüschel. Of the originally 16 mills at the mouth of the Pockau into the Flöha, today's oil mill is the only one preserved in its original condition. Its water mill from 1783 still works with the old technology and is considered unique in Central Europe.

In a second, newer mill building, visitors can trace how oil extraction technology worked in the 20th century. Oil is no longer produced on the site, but the installations show the process: a 3.80-meter water wheel drives a stamping mill with five iron troughs, which crushes the flaxseed into meal. The meal is heated to about 70 degrees and then pressed out in a wedge press using hammer blows.

During the tours, visitors also learn what daily life was like for an oil miller.

Highlights

• Fully functional water mill from 1783
• Water wheel with stamping mill and wedge press
• The only surviving one of the 16 former mills at the mouth of the Pockau
• 20th-century oil production technology in the newer mill

Permanent exhibitions

• Wassermühle von 1783 – The old oil mill with water wheel, stamping mill, and hammer-driven wedge press shows how flaxseed was pressed into oil.
• Neuere Mühle: Ölgewinnung im 20. Jahrhundert – A later mill building provides insight into the oil production technology of the 20th century.

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Getting there & parking

Coming from Marienberg, Olbernhau, Freiberg, Chemnitz, or Annaberg-Buchholz, turn onto the Flöhatalstraße in Pockau and from there into the Mühlenweg.

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