Hofmann Mill

General information

For centuries Bad Krozingen has had a mill race, which branches off from the river Neumagen in Oberkrozingen and flows into the river again near the Basler Strasse. At various times the mill race has powered four mills. The best preserved of these is the mill in the Litschgistrasse, which is known both by the name of its owners as the Litschgi Mill or as the Hofmann Mill.

Its history can be traced back to the 16th Century and by 1662 at the latest it came into the possession of the Litschgi family of merchants. In 1732, the mill was completely renovated by its then owner Jakob Litschgi, as is indicated by the family’s coat of arms with the date on the architrave of the doorway. The Litschgi’s coat of arms is also displayed on the entrance to the court yard to the left.

With the introduction of new forms of power such as steam power and electricity, the use of water-driven wheels became redundant. Only one mill in Bad Krozingen was able to withstand the competition from the big industrial mills, however the Litschgi Mill was already forced to cease operating in 1917. Plans in the 1960 to culvertise the mill race were fortunately not taken any further. The property was lovingly restored in the 1970s by Claus Hofmann using a mill mechanism which he had obtained in Gütighofen.