House with fruit press, Geistthal

Styria (Historical buildings from Western Styria)

Built: 1703
Year of transmission: 1978

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Fruit and cider barrels are stored on the quarrystone ground floor. A cider press is housed under the steep roof built over a timbered kneeling floor. The press is a screw press in which a pressing beam is lowered or raised with the help of a rotating spindle.