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The mill is
mentioned under its original name “The Little Mill” at the beginning of the
18th century when it was a one-storey stone building with a
wooden gable and a
mansard roof, as captured in the 1840 painting
View
of Roztoky from the Vltava by
the Prague painter Dominik Jan Kottula.
In 1861 the mill was bought by the Prague
lawyer and important Czech
politician
František August Brauner. His daughter, the
painter, illustrator and
book designer Zdenka Braunerová (1858 – 1934), spent her
childhood and youth
here. After her father’s death the old mill ceased to serve its
original
purpose and was converted into the family’s summer home. Today its
history is only recalled by the millrace, and at the top of the gable there
is a
millwheel gripped by dragons designed by Zdenka Braunerová.
The building was
modified for the
museum’s needs at the end of the 1970s and was then renovated
after flooding in
2002.
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