List of windmills in Saxony
The list of windmills in Saxony gives an overview of the well-known windmills of different conservation status in the Free State of Saxony .
place | Mill name | Type | Built | Remarks | image |
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Adelsdorf (near Lampertswalde ) | Dutch mill Adelsdorf | Tower Dutchman | Badly damaged | ||
Altenhain (near Trebsen / Mulde ) | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | |||
Arnsdorf (near Görlitz) | Arnsdorf windmill | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | ||
Arzberg | Wendrich's post mill | Post mill | Badly damaged | ||
Arzberg | Beckersche mill | Post mill | Badly damaged | ||
Audenhain | Ebbecke | Paltrock windmill | 1751 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |
Authausen (near Laußig ) | Post mill Ludwig | Post mill | 1713 | Until 1900 the drive was done with wind power, then installation of a crude oil engine, from 1943 electric motor. Up until 1985 there was still occasional crushing. Reconstructed in 2008 | |
Authausen | Fiehn post mill | Post mill | 1846 | In operation until 1975, reconstruction took place in 1993. | |
Bad Düben | Dübener post mill | Post mill | 1840 | Built in Glesien in 1840 and operated until 1960. Due to the expansion of Leipzig-Halle Airport, the windmill had to be relocated. In 2006 the windmill was reconstructed and rebuilt. | |
Ballendorf (near Bad Lausick ) | Ballendorfer windmill | Post mill | Restored | ||
Beilrode | Dutch windmill Beilrode | Tower Dutchman | 1870 | In 1908 an electric motor was installed. In operation until 1978 and listed as a historical monument in 1984. Since 2002, after reconstruction, it has been windy and grindable again. | |
Bernbruch (near Kamenz ) | Holländermühle Bernbruch | Tower Dutchman | |||
Beucha | Tower Dutchman | 1837 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Bischheim | Tower Dutchman | Use as a restaurant and cabaret | |||
Blankenhain | Kreutzstein windmill | Post mill | 1740 | Built in 1740 in Großenstein near Ronneburg; 1951 cessation of grinding operations; 1982 Transfer to the German Agricultural Museum at Blankenhain Castle | |
Böhlitz (near Thallwitz ) | Paltrock windmill / post windmill | 1880 | |||
Borln | Holländermühle Börln | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Boxing village | Boxdorf windmill | Tower Dutchman | 1849 (1839 as a post mill) | Converted to a museum and observation tower | |
Brinnis | Post mill until 1948, then converted into a motor mill | 1860 | Described in 1819 as a wind oil mill, in 1860 homestead was rebuilt and operated commercially until 1960. Restoration 1998/99. Use for residential purposes since 2011, technology partially preserved. | ||
Brockwitz | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Brockwitz | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Canitz (near Thallwitz ) | Canitzer Dutch mill | Tower Dutchman | 1876 | Decommissioned in 1954, it is now used as a residential building. | |
Cannewitz | Tower Dutchman | 1830 | Stump | ||
Casabra | Tower Dutchman | 1891 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Clanz sweat | Windmill Clanzschwitz | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Collm | Post mill | 1734 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Collmen | Paltrockmühle Collmen | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Colmnitz | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Dehnitz | Tower Dutchman | 1830 | Badly damaged | ||
Dobernitz | Tower Dutchman | ||||
Doberschütz | Holländermühle Doberschütz | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | ||
Chub | Holländermühle Döbeln | Tower Dutchman | ruin | ||
Dobrichau | Döbrichauer Paltrockmühle | Paltrockmühle | Mill no longer available since October 9, 2012, was demolished after severe storm damage. | ||
Dölzig | Post mill | Converted to a residential building | |||
Dörgenhausen | Dörgenhausen windmill | Post mill | Restored | ||
Dresden-Gohlis | Gohlis windmill | Tower Dutchman | 1828 | Restored | |
Dresden-Leutewitz | Leutewitz windmill | Tower Dutchman | 1839 | in operation until 1914, converted into a restaurant | |
Dresden-Mickten | Micktner windmill | Tower Dutchman | listed | ||
Dresden-Reitzendorf | Reitzendorfer windmill | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Ebersbach (district of Leipzig) | Ebersbach post mill | Post mill | 1859 | before 1914 installation of an electric motor as an additional drive, from 1952 the operation took place without wind power until it was shut down in 1967. 1990–1997 restoration of the windmill. | |
Ebersbach (Meißen district) | Ebersbach post mill | Post mill | 1865 | 1901 installation of a petroleum engine, 1940 cessation of mill operations and sale of the petroleum engine. Gradually restored since 1992. | |
Eilenburg | Bechers Mill | Tower Dutchman | 1863 | From 1931 to 1936 the mill was driven by an oil motor, then by an electric motor. The rods were dismantled around 1954. After a fire in 1962, the mill was stopped. After extensive renovation work, the mill was reopened to visitors for the first time on the 2011 German Milling Day. | |
Eilenburg | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Freiroda | Wurche mill | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Freiroda | Berndorfsche Mill | Post mill | Converted to a residential building | ||
Fremdiswalde | Holländermühle Fremdiswalde | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Fox grove | Fuchshainer Paltrockmühle | Paltrockmühle | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Fox grove | Fuchshainer windmill | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Gallen | Eckard Mühle Gallen | Paltrockmühle | Converted to a residential building | ||
Gallschütz (near Großweitzschen ) | Post mill | House tree and dilapidated remains | |||
Gerbisdorf (near Schkeuditz ) | Gerbisdorf windmill | Post mill | Worn out, no remains (as of 2010) | ||
Geringswalde | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a motorized mill | |||
Gersdorf (near Hartha ) | Paltrockmühle Gersdorf | Paltrockmühle | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Gersdorf (near Kamenz) | Hustemühle Gersdorf | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Glaubitz | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | |||
Glaucha | Wolkwitz post mill | Post mill | 1748/49 | The mill received an electric drive in 1927. In 1961 the wings were badly damaged by a storm and renewed in 1983. The windmill is completely intact and is still used today to help the neighbors for grating. | |
Glesien | Vossmühle Glesien | Post mill | 1840 | Relocated to Bad Düben because of the expansion of Leipzig-Halle Airport. | |
Goehrenz | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | |||
Grödel | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | |||
Großbardau | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Capital book | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Grossdobritz | Großdobritz windmill | Tower Dutchman | 1899 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |
Great Grave | Tower Dutchman | Stump | |||
Striving | Holländermühle Großtreben | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Großwelka | Großwelka windmill | Post mill | Not received | ||
Großwig | Huebner's mill | Post mill | 1847 | Restored | |
Grubnitz | Grubnitz Dutch mill | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Hetzwalde | Hate speech | Post mill | 5 wings | ||
Hohenroda | Post mill Hohenroda | Post mill | 1790 | From 1913 onwards, it was driven by an electric motor until it was shut down in 1958. In 1997, the implementation and new construction at the current location followed. | |
Kaufbach | Kaufbach windmill | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Kleinboehla | Vorsdorfmühle | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | ||
Small beating | Windmill Kleinrügeln | Paltrockmühle | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Klinga | Paltrockmühle | 1946 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Klingewalde | Klingewald windmill | Tower Dutchman | 1852 | ruin | |
Kobershain | Kobershainer windmill | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Königshain | Holländermühle Königshain | Tower Dutchman | Burned to the ground in 1929. From 2001, gradual renovation of the mill and mill yard, today used as a holiday home. | ||
Kottmarsdorf | Post mill Kottmarsdorf | Post mill | Built in 1843 on the 435 m high Pfarrberg | Restored | |
Krippehna | Kuhne Mühle Krippehna | Post mill | House tree | ||
Kupsal | Tower Dutchman | 1883 | Converted to a residential building, renovated | ||
Kühnitzsch | Kühnitz windmill | Post mill | Mentioned for the first time in 1588 in the list of windmills, first in the church book in 1672. 1812 reconstruction in its present form. Grain was ground until 1974 (also with an Elt engine), in 1978 the mill was handed over to the Kühnitzsch community for preservation as a technical monument. In 1992 the wings were reinstalled, and today the local heritage association looks after the mill. | ||
Kyhna | Paltrock windmill Kyhna | Paltrockmühle | 1825 | Built in 1825, conversion of the post mill to Paltrock windmill 2004 (status 2010) | |
Langenreichenbach | Langenreichenbacher post mill | Post mill | Badly damaged | ||
Lousy | Laußig windmill | Post mill | House tree | ||
Leipzig-Göbschelwitz | Post mill | Badly damaged | |||
Leipzig-Holzhausen | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Leipzig-Knauthain | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Leipzig-Knautnaundorf | Tower Dutchman | Stump | |||
Leipzig-Lindenthal | Holländermühle Lindenthal | Tower Dutchman | 1892 | 2013 renovated with new wings | |
Liebschützberg | Liebschützer windmill | Post mill | Built in 1828, in operation until around 1960. After the last owner died in 1975, the mill and the estate fell victim to destruction and vandalism. In 1987 the mill was rebuilt by the LPG "Ernst Thählmann" Oschatz. | ||
Liemehna | Dutch mill Liemehna | Tower Dutchman | Badly damaged | ||
Lindennaundorf | Post mill | ||||
Lindenhayn | Lindenhayn windmill | Post mill | Converted to a residential building | ||
Löbnitz | Post mill "Döbler" Löbnitz | Post mill | around 1760 | An electric motor was installed around 1924 and used as a grinding mill until 1955. 1993/1994 the mill was extensively reconstructed. (Status 2011) | |
Lorenzkirch | Tower Dutchman | Stump | |||
Loßwig | Post mill | Converted to a motorized mill | |||
Luga | Luga windmill | Post mill | 1733 | Restored | |
Luppa | Weber windmill Luppa | Post mill | Restored | ||
Lüptitz | Tower Dutchman | Stand at the Wolfsberg quarry, burned down around 1933. | |||
Maltitz | Maltitz Dutch Mill | Tower Dutchman | ruin | ||
Markranstädt | Tower Dutchman | Stump | |||
Mehderitzsch | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a motorized mill | |||
Meltewitz | Meltewitz Dutch mill | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | ||
Merkwitz | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Mocherwitz | Post mill | Restored | |||
Mockritz | Post mill | Badly damaged | |||
Mockrehna | Mill judge | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Mowood | Windmill Moholz | Post mill | Miniature mill | ||
Moritz | Tower Dutchman | ||||
Moritzburg | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | |||
Mutzschen | Mutzschen windmill | Tower Dutchman | Ruin, under renovation | ||
Nauberg | Nauberger Dutch mill | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Naundorf | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Naunhof | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Envy | Post mill | 1886 | Badly damaged | ||
New building | Neumanns- or Zimmermann-Mühle (formerly Günzelmühle) | Post mill | 5 blades, powered by wind until 1964 and later electrically operated |
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Neundorf on the property | Günther mill | Post mill | First mentioned in 1802 | Decommissioned in 1962, reconstruction from 1993 |
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Niederau | Tower Dutchman | ||||
Niederoderwitz | Baumert windmill | Post mill | Stand on the Viebig, near the Königsholz , demolished in 1918 | ||
Niederoderwitz | Gutfeldmühle | Operation ceased before 1900, not preserved | |||
Niederoderwitz | Kretschmer windmill | Stand at the former post office at the train station, not preserved | |||
Nitzschka | Tower Dutchman | around 1822 | Burned down in 1878, 1884, 1885 and 1896, each newly built or rebuilt; out of service since 1950 and today just a stump | ||
Obercunnersdorf | Mountain mill | Post mill | History goes back to the 15th century | top windmill in the village, demolished after storm damage in 1903 | |
Oberoderwitz | Birkmühle | Post mill | 1800 | Relocated from Burkersdorf (Schlegel) to Oberoderwitz in 1817 , electrified operation of the mill from 1956, today used as a museum | |
Oberoderwitz | Berndtmühle | Post mill | 1787 | Equipped with an electric motor in 1947 | |
Oberoderwitz | Dienel mill | 1806 | stood on Wilhelmshöhe, decommissioned in 1896, not preserved | ||
Oberoderwitz | Neumannmühle | Post mill | 1850 | Moved from Ullersdorf to Oberoderwitz in 1867, closed in 1956 | |
Oberoderwitz | Tower Dutchman | Stump, now used as a residential building | |||
Oberseifersdorf | Donix windmill Oberseifersdorf | Post mill | Converted to a motorized mill | ||
Ohorn | 1837 by the Dominialhäusler and baker Johann Fürchtegott Bürger from Meißnisch-Ohorn | former location on the Wächterberg; Burned down on a Sunday in May 1859, then rebuilt, grinding stopped in 1868, then miller Philipp had the mill demolished and sold it to Hohenbocka | |||
Period | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Paschwitz | Tower windmill "Friedemann" | Tower Dutchman | 1883 | Comprehensively renovated in 1991/93 | |
Exactly | Tower Dutchman | Conversion to a residential building | |||
Peterwitz | Peterwitz windmill | Post mill | 1890 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |
Pommritz | Pommritzer Holländermühle | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Possendorf | Possendorfer windmill | Tower Dutchman | 1691 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |
Prausitz | Tower Dutchman | Stump | |||
Literally | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building, stump | |||
Prositz | Prositz windmill | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Probsthain | Probsthainer windmill | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Püchau | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | |||
Querbitzsch | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Reibitz | Werbeliner post mill | Post mill | 1844 | Built in Werbelin in 1844. In 1991 the place and the mill had to give way to lignite mining and were dismantled. In 1994 the mill was rebuilt in the Reibitz school camp. | |
Reichenbach / OL | Windmill on the Töpferberg | Tower Dutchman | Stump | ||
Reichstädt | Windmill Reichstädt | Tower Dutchman | 1888 | The mill was built as a teaching mill for the "German Milling School", which was moved from Roßwein to Dippoldiswalde in 1888. | |
Röcknitz | Treben mill | Post mill | Badly damaged | ||
Röcknitz | Mountain mill | Post mill | Converted to a residential building | ||
Rodewitz | Rodewitzer Holländermühle | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Roitzsch | Paltrockmühle | 1835 | Decommissioned 1986, wooden structure removed in 2009 for reconstruction and rebuilding in Schkortitz near Grimma, built there again since May 20, 2013 as a Paltrockmühle with wind wave, impeller with blinds and a grinding aisle (as of 2013) | ||
Roitzschjora | Post mill | Badly damaged | |||
Saxon village | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | |||
Schänitz | Tower Dutchman | ||||
Schildau | Post mill | Badly damaged | |||
Schkeitbar (City of Markranstädt ) | Post mill | Badly damaged | |||
Schkeuditz | Post mill | ||||
Schkortitz | Paltrockmühle | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Schmannewitz | Post mill | Restored | |||
Schönbach | Schönbacher Holländermühle | Tower Dutchman | |||
Schönborn | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Seifertshain | Paltrockmühle | ||||
Same (at Delitzsch ) | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Sitzenroda | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Sohland am Rotstein | Bachmann windmill Sohland a. Rotstein | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Sohland am Rothstein | Windmill on Mittelgut | Tower Dutchman | Restored | ||
Staupitz | Staupitz windmill | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Rhinestone | Holländermühle on the forest path | Tower Dutchman | Converted to a residential building | ||
Stehla (near Arzberg) | Tower Dutchman | 1876 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Strehla | Strehla windmill | Tower Dutchman | refurbished, use as a youth hostel | ||
Strelln | Strellner windmill | Post mill | Badly damaged | ||
Syrau | Syrauer Holländermühle | Tower Dutchman | 1887 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |
Taucha | Post mill | Restored | |||
Tautenhain (near Frohburg ) | Post mill | ||||
Tettau | Tower Dutchman | 1838/1839 | 1989/1990 reconstructed, used by the village and local history association | ||
Deep lake | Post mill Sommerfeld | Post mill | 1847 | Delitzsch built in 1847, moved to the current location around 1900. From 1926 to 1940 it was powered by a diesel engine, then by an electric motor. Shutdown in 1953, extensive reconstruction from 1992–1994. | |
Voigtshain | Voigtshainer Dutch mill | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Wallbach (near Hartha ) | Wallbach Dutch Mill | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Weinböhla | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Whitish | Tower Dutchman | slightly conical, quarry stone masonry, hood, remains of a wing | |||
Weßnitz (near Großenhain ) | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Wiesenena ( Wiedemar municipality ) | Post mill | Worn out, no remains (as of 2010), | |||
Wildenhain | Post mill | Only remnants received | |||
Wohla (near Löbau ) | Dutch mill Wohla | Earth Dutchman | Badly damaged | ||
Wöllmen | Post mill | Badly damaged | |||
Zaußwitz (municipality of Liebschützberg ) | Tower Dutchman | 1799 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Zeuckritz (near Cavertitz ) | Zeuckritz windmill | Post mill | Images on Wikimedia Commons | ||
Zottewitz (near Priestewitz ) | Tower Dutchman | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |||
Zschepa (near Zeithain ) | Zschepa windmill | Post mill | 1852 | Images on Wikimedia Commons | |
Zschepplin | Zschepplin motor mill | Paltrockmühle | Converted to a motorized mill | ||
Zwethau | Post mill | Badly damaged | |||
Zwochau | Döblermühle Zwochau | Post mill | Badly damaged (as of 2010) | ||
Zwochau | Zwochauer post mill | Post mill | 1806 | Built in 1806 in Schkeuditz, 2007 dismantling in Schkeuditz due to the airport expansion, 2009 inauguration at the mill location in Zwochau (status 2010) |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Heimat- und Mühlenverein Ebersbach e. V.
- ^ Association of Mühlenregion Nordsachsen e. V.
- ↑ Kathleen Kramer: Mills from Nitzschka. In: Nitzschka-Info.de. Retrieved October 25, 2015 .
- ↑ Olaf Bosch: Our craftsmen - the mills. In: Ohorn.info. Retrieved October 25, 2015 .
See also
Web links
Commons : Windmühlen in Sachsen - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files