Škodáček Mill in Senica, western Slovakia. (source: Peter Pivák)
Čáčov, a town near Senica in western Slovakia, hides the memory of the old days of millers. In Senica's 13 mills, four were located in the municipal district of Čáčov.
One of them is Škodáček Mill.
Its former owner, Peter Pivák, reconstructed this mill in collaboration with the PRO Čáčov civic association and a group of enthusiasts, including the current mill manager, Slavomír Bučák. They furnished it in a period style to showcase a piece of history.
The machines are still functional
The mill was built at the beginning of the 20th century. In 1942, it had two floors, and shortly thereafter, it was reconstructed into a three-storey structure. It operated as a flour mill until the 1960s. Later, it was used by the agricultural cooperative to produce animal feed mixes.
The equipment deteriorated over time, and after the mill returned to the hands of the Škodáček miller family (it was nationalised in 1948), the restoration of flour milling was deemed too expensive and unrealistic under the given conditions. Pavol Škodáček, the youngest son of the miller, continued only with grinding grain for farm animals.
