WATER MILLS AND WINDMILLS IN VILNIUS PROVINCE IN THE SECOND HALF
OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY Cover Image

MŁYNY WODNE I WIATRAKI W WOJEWÓDZTWIE WILEŃSKIM W DRUGIEJ POŁOWIE XVIII W.
WATER MILLS AND WINDMILLS IN VILNIUS PROVINCE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

Author(s): Joanna Kunigielis, Anna Pytasz-Kołodziejczyk
Subject(s): Historical Geography, Economic history, Local History / Microhistory
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: grain mill; windmill; milling; Vilnius Voivodeship; Grand Duchy of Lithuania;

Summary/Abstract: The subject of this article is the network of mills in the Vilnius Voivodeship at the end of the eighteenth century. The primary sources used are illustrations made by order of the Treasury Commission of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, as well as inventories of individual starosties or estates, together with descriptions of parishes. On this basis, a typology of mills is presented, along with their spatial distribution and the annual revenues generated from taxation.

  • Issue Year: 2025
  • Issue No: 87
  • Page Range: 99-126
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Polish
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