There is little to no historical information regarding this abandoned grinding shop in the East German part of the Harz region.
The grinding shop is located right at a river which has been used in the past to power the technical equipment of paper mills, grinding shops and mines.
Due to the location and the history of the region, it is conceivable that this particular grinding shop was used for the grinding of wood to prepare it for further processing in on of the region's paper mills.