Water-Mill Traditional Cache

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M.xati: Megszűnt, a karbantartás számomra erősen korlátozott. Remélem valakinek sikerül újratelepíteni a ládát! A hely megérdemli.
Discontinued, maintenance is severely limited for me. I hope someone manages to reinstall the crate! The place deserves it.
My suggestion for reinstalling is bali.imre@gmail.com player, who has a chest here on the geocaching.hu platform.

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Hidden : 8/23/2002
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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The village of Túristvándi is located on a plain near Erdõhát, enclosed by a 16km sequence of the river Túr, which protects the heritage of this small village. The original name of the village used to be Isthfandi in the 14th century, named after a son of the genus „Szente-Mágócs”. The prefix Túr was added in 1908 in order to differentiate this village from the other similarly named ones. An archive record from 1315 already takes mention of a water-mill, which, however, most probably is not the one we have there today. The building materials of today’s mill date back to 1752 – as a rarity, it is of a wooden frame structure and is shingle-covered. The mill worked with three mill-wheels, two of which milled flour and the third ground, all three without a roll but with stones. A piece of the stone wheel is still on display at the entrance. The mill was renovated in 1888 by Baron Zsigmond Kende, the most influential of the landed gentry in the village while the operation of the mill was updated at the beginning of the 20th century. Instead of the oil and paraffin lamps a dynamo was installed to supply lighting. Soon after, such a low tide of the river Túr followed that a demolition of the mill was suggested by the water authorities. To avoid this, the Baron intervened and had the river controlled. In 1952 the water mill was nationalized and its subsistence became uncertain. Its operation was stalled and it nearly fell down in negligence. Eventually, 11 years later the reconstruction was decided upon and the mill has been working ever since 1965. It is the largest working water mill of a wooden frame structure in Central Europe. It is due to my numerous personal memories that I decided to place my first cache right in this neighbourhood. I have been coming back to this place since my very childhood. The mill, as organic part of the nature, peacefully nestles to the curve of the river, which is flanked by sycamore trees. It really bears with peace and tranquility. The old trees and the precious fauna of the woods nearby invite nature lovers for hiking and valuable discoveries. There are no opening hours for the mill but in general it's open from 8am until 6pm. On request, it will be opened and started. There is a carpark about 50 m from the mill and the cache is located approximately 200-300 m from there. It's hidden under the four-trunk oak tree, near the footpath. The box itself is a 10x10 plastic box. Have a nice exploration! M.Xati, Ildikó, Fanni. CAUTION! Adder danger! This spring a local conservationist warned us that adders were seen around the spot. As a proof, he showed us the body of an adder that they killed in their first shock. Keep to the path and watch your feet - children are advised to stay at the mill.

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