Post mill Kottmarsdorf
| Post mill Kottmarsdorf
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 The mill in 2006 |
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| Coordinates | 51 ° 1 '43 " N , 14 ° 37' 42" E | |
| Location | Kottmar - Kottmarsdorf , Saxony | |
| Built | 1843 | |
| Shut down | 1943 | |
| Status | Structure and mill technology in good condition | |
| technology | ||
| use | Flour mill | |
| Grinder | 2 grinding courses, 2 classifiers | |
| drive | Windmill | |
| Windmill type | Post mill | |
| Wing type | Door leaf | |
| Number of wings | 4th | |
| Tracking | Sterz | |
The Kottmarsdorf post mill , also referred to in historical records after its former owners as "Burkmühle" or "Zimmermannmühle", is a windmill in the Kottmarsdorf district of the Saxon community of Kottmar . The mill, built in 1843, is the only one of the original three post mills that has survived in the village and is protected as a technical monument .
history
Windmill
The mill was built on the 435-meter high mountain parish in southeast Kottmarsdorf in 1843 and with two grinding passes and two sifters equipped. It was used as a flour mill for exactly 100 years until 1943. In the following years, the building was left to decay, until in 1961 the association Natur- und Heimatfreunde Kottmarsdorf together with the municipality extensively renovated the windmill and made it accessible to the public as a display facility. After the fall of the Wall , the mill was restored and technically repaired again in 1990 , for example the 17-meter-long blades and the rotating beam were renewed. Another technical overhaul of the wings and the rotating mechanism took place in 2014.
Various events and demonstrations are held in and around the Kottmarsdorf post mill for the annual German Milling Day . In addition, the Kottmarsdorfer Mühlenfest is held every five years.
In October 2017, a wing of the mill was demolished as a result of the storm Xavier . This was replaced in April of the following year.
Miller's house
The miller's house next to the windmill originally served as a residential building for the master miller and his family. Since 1996 there has been a show bakery and a traditional oven . Several times a year there is a show baking in the miller's house.
Comb wheel of the Hempelmühle Schönbach
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In 1979, on the initiative of the Kottmarsdorfer Heimatverein, the crest wheel of the Hempelmühle in Schönbach was recovered when it was demolished and transported to Kottmarsdorf, where it is now on display next to the post mill. The Kammrad was probably built in 1752 by Christian Fröden in Großhennersdorf and is considered to be the oldest surviving mill drive wheel in Saxony. The wheel sits on a six meter long shaft, measures 2.90 meters in diameter and weighs around two tons.
Mill trail
The Kottmarsdorfer Mühlenrundweg, opened in July 2001, is an approximately 1.5 kilometer long hiking trail that connects the preserved windmill with the locations of the former mills, the so-called Samel and Döring mills. Various path stations have been set up between the mill locations, including a true-to-scale model of a post mill and miller's house, a half-timbered house , the cemetery of honor for fallen Russian soldiers and the Protestant church.
Others
On April 1, 2010, the Kottmarsdorf post mill was the focus of an April Fool's joke : An alleged amateur video was circulating on various Saxon news portals that showed the complete destruction of the mill by a tornado . The April Fool's joke was resolved the following day.
Web links
- Post mill Kottmarsdorf at the German Society for Milling Customers and Mill Maintenance e. V.
- Kottmarsdorf website with information about the mill, the miller's house and the mill trail
Individual evidence
- ↑ Saxony's museums: Kottmarsdorf post mill. (No longer available online.) Saxon State Office for Museums, archived from the original on December 29, 2016 ; accessed on December 22, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The mill is now turning again. (No longer available online.) Alles-Lausitz.de, June 7, 2014, archived from the original on December 24, 2015 ; accessed on December 22, 2015 .
- ^ Romy Altmann-Kühr: The new mill wing will not come until spring. After the storm damage in Kottmarsdorf, the financing of the repair is clarified. The monument remains open. In: saechsische.de . October 10, 2017, accessed June 14, 2020 .
- ^ Romy Altmann-Kühr: A new wing for the old mill. In: saechsische.de. April 10, 2018, accessed June 14, 2020 .
- ^ Geschichtsverein Großhennersdorf e. V .: Großhennersdorfer stories: The history of the Großhennersdorfer windmills . Großhennersdorf 2005.
- ↑ Talk of the day: Once there were two more mills in town. In: Sächsische Zeitung , edition of May 30, 2009.
- ^ Ostsachsen.TV: Kottmarsdorf - Cyclone destroys mill. (No longer available online.) LausitzNews.de, April 1, 2010, archived from the original on December 24, 2015 ; accessed on December 21, 2015 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Christian Essler: Kottmarsdorf - windmill stands: April Fool's joke. (No longer available online.) LausitzNews.de, April 2, 2010, formerly in the original ; accessed on December 21, 2015 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
