page_title: Gässlösa
section_title: Mills
hierarchical_section_title: Gässlösa / Mills
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Die alte Mühle in Stenån in Gässlösa Naturschutzgebiet, Varberg Gemeinde, Schweden. English: The old mill at Stenån in Gässlösa nature reserve, Varberg Municipality, Sweden. Svenska: Den gamla kvarnen vid Stenån, Gässlösa naturreservat, Varbergs kommun.
context_page_description: Gässlösa is a nature reserve in Varberg Municipality, Sweden. It's situated close to Rolfstorp. The reserve has an area of 34.5 hectares. It was established in 1977.
context_section_description: Throughout history, several watermills have existed at the stream. In 1844, some smaller mills were replaced by one larger mill. There are still ruins of this mill in the nature reserve. It was used to extract linseed oil, but also to grind grain. After two years, the mill was taken out of service because of the low pressure on the water. It was replaced by a new watermill at Hovgård in the western part of the current nature reserve. By damming up the stream and lead the water through a canal and a wooden tube, a drop height of 31.9 meters, one of the highest in southern Sweden, was created. The mill was used until the 1990s.
  Because of the dam at Hovgård, salmon and brown trout were prevented from reproducing in the stream. The dam was demolished in 2006 and the old riverbed was restored. In the fall it was clear that the salmon had reproduced again at the original areas, which was is not possible for hundreds of years because of the dams.
caption: Ruins of the 1844 watermill.
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