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After ten years of “retirement,” the stone mill wheel was set in motion again<\/strong><\/p>\n

After decades of constant, round-the-clock rotation, the millwheel of the stone mill could no longer hide the signs of wear and tear: Both the left and right bearings had practically disintegrated; they had \u201cworn out.\u201d The worst part of this situation was the terrible squeaking that constantly echoed through the neighborhood. Ten years ago, a decision was finally made: We\u2019ll block the millwheel; we\u2019ll shut it down. <\/p>\n

No matter how bustling the activity on the Steinm\u00fchle grounds became from then on, its millwheel\u2014the actual symbol featured in the school and boarding school\u2019s logo\u2014stood still. Every now and then, voices were raised calling for the millwheel to be brought back to life. At first, to no avail. <\/p>\n

A few months ago, a change began to take shape. At that time, Principal Bj\u00f6rn Gemmer also suggested that people please take care of the traditional millwheel. With the upcoming anniversary, the time seemed right to take this step: \u201cSteinm\u00fchle Moves\u201d and \u201cSteinm\u00fchle Runs\u201d were the slogans used in recent promotional campaigns. \u2014 But the millwheel\u2014was that supposed to stay put? <\/p>\n

“We got to work on it,” recalls Till Buurman, referring to the challenging undertaking that could only be accomplished as a team. The mill wheel had to be lifted out using a hydraulic tool from the auto body repair trade, the kind normally used to straighten dented cars. Once it was jacked up, the old bearings were removed and new ones installed. The wheel was then put back in place\u2014a meticulous process that required strength, patience, and skill. <\/p>\n

That makes the excitement over the revitalized landmark all the greater across the entire Steinm\u00fchlen campus. And it\u2019s not just the school administration and management who are thrilled to see things in motion everywhere\u2014in the school and the boarding school\u2014and even when looking at the mill building. <\/p>\n

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After ten years of “retirement,” the stone mill wheel was set in motion again After decades of constant, round-the-clock rotation, the millwheel of the stone mill could no longer hide the signs of wear and tear: Both the left and right bearings had practically disintegrated; they had \u201cworn out.\u201d The worst part of this situation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":46566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,96,102,85],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digitalization-ai","category-ecology-and-sustainability","category-former-students-alumni","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49525,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46564\/revisions\/49525"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/steinmuehle.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}