Bunder mill
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 Bunder mill |
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| Coordinates | 53 ° 10 '54 " N , 7 ° 16' 39" E | |
| Location |
 Germany
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| Built | 1911 | |
| Status | functional technical monument | |
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| use | Flour mill | |
| drive | Windmill | |
| Windmill type | Gallery Dutch windmill | |
| Wing type | Louvre flaps | |
| Number of wings | 4th | |
| Tracking | Compass rose | |
The Bunder Windmühle is a fully functional gallery Dutch mill in Bunde . It is one of at least six mills in the Rheiderland .
history
As early as 1500 there were several small mills in Bunde im Wüpping. In a contract from 1530 it is recorded that Count Enno von Ostfriesland graciously gave Johann ter Wypping the wind and allowed him to build a larger one in Bunde, where he had a small mill, in order to better supply the Bunder with flour . This mill was demolished in 1594 and sold to Holland . Then for a long time one knows nothing about a second mill in Bunde. The Königsmühle already stood on Mühlenstrasse back then and is only preserved as a mill stump today.
A journeyman miller at this Königsmühle built a second mill in Bunde after the freedom of trade in 1869. This mill was much smaller than the present one. In 1910 it was sold by the then Müller Willems to the Müller Hinderk Klassen. In 1911 this mill burned down on a May night. In the same summer the mill was rebuilt and increased to four floors. The stone base was built by building craftsmen from Germany. The wooden octagon comes from Holland and was rebuilt by a mill builder.
In 1956, master miller Hermann Huisinga took over the mill. He had blinds and a compass rose installed.
Apart from several repairs, this mill used to wind mill until the early 1960s. Since the wind power could not be used economically enough and the mill was only operated electrically in the end, it fell more and more into disrepair. Up until the end of the 1960s, the owner and some mill friends tried in vain to save the mill from deterioration.
In 1975 the Association for Transport and Improvement (VVV) Bunde was founded, which has set itself the task of saving the mill. Repair work began as early as 1974. In the first construction phase, a new cap was put on and painting work began. In 1975 the octagon was put back in order, new wings were installed and the painting work continued. In 1978 the new bunker could then be used and the wind-powered grinding aisle was put into operation.
Restoration 1997 to 1999
In 1996 another change of ownership took place due to bankruptcy proceedings . The new owner is Hermann Brandt. Efforts on the part of the municipality and the VVV Bunde to buy the mill from the new owner have failed because the new owner was not ready to sell it. Therefore, the mill was leased by the municipality for 20 years and leased to the VVV Bunde. This long-term lease to the association made it possible to apply for public funds from village renewal for the restoration of the mill. It was found that the mill builder had not delivered any professional work during the first renovation and that the mill could only work in strong winds. A cost estimate by a Dutch mill builder resulted in a sum of € 200,000, of which only € 175,000 could be subsidized with 60 percent from village renewal. The village renewal paid € 105,000, the joint municipality of Bunde € 55,000, the VVV Bunde € 15,000 and the savings bank donated € 25,000 for the repair of the existing plant. The VVV amount of 15,000 € could only be raised through numerous donations from the population and through personal contributions by the members.
In the years 1997 to 1999, the cap and the octagon were renovated, new wings with Van Bussel cladding were installed and the ongoing plant was renovated. The wings turned again for the first time on Mill Day 1998. Today the windmill is fully operational again with wind and is gladly demonstrated to the visitors by the VVV Bunde. For this purpose, two members of the association have trained as leisure millers in order to be able to operate and maintain the mill properly. At the age of 13, Arno Hunken was one of the youngest certified leisure garbage collectors in Germany. In the years 2004 to 2005 the outer facade was renewed. The joints were completely renovated with a new technique (brick slurry jointing ) and then sealed. The interior plaster was also completely renewed under monument protection regulations and gutters were installed to avoid further water damage . The order value of these renovation measures was around € 55,000, so that since 1997 more than € 250,000 have been invested.
Current
The Bunder Christmas market has been taking place on the grounds in front of the mill since 2007. Every year on Whit Monday is German Mill Day . The mill is always open when the mill blades turn.
Data
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Type
- 4-story gallery Dutch
- with venetian blind
- and compass rose
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Dimensions
- Total height: 38 m
- Cap height: 26 m
- Gallery height: 14 m
- Wingspan: 22.5 m
- Weight of the canopy: 16 t
- Weight of the wing axis: 5 t
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Drives
- 2 operational grinding courses
- 1 operational pelletizer