Millers and Mill Workers in the Area of Varaždin, Ludbreg, Koprivnica and Đurđevac Districts in 1891 Cover Image

Mlinari i vodeničari na području varaždinskog, ludbreškog, koprivničkog i đurđevačkog kotara 1891. godine
Millers and Mill Workers in the Area of Varaždin, Ludbreg, Koprivnica and Đurđevac Districts in 1891

Author(s): Mira Kolar-Dimitrijević, Elizabeta Wagner
Subject(s): Agriculture, Economic history, 19th Century, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Društvo za hrvatsku ekonomsku povijest i ekohistoriju - Izdavačka kuća Meridijani
Keywords: millers; water mills; Drava; Varaždin; Ludbreg; Koprivnica; Đurđevac;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with milling in the area from Varaždin to Virovitica. There were numerous water mills in the area, both those on the Drava River and those on smaller streams. Article presents records of millers from the Directory of Craft and Business, published in Zagreb 1891. large amount of millers established mills of various types and by 1941 every community in Podravina had its own mill although it had no large areas planted with cereals.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 125-138
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Croatian