List of windmills in Saxony-Anhalt

The list of windmills in Saxony-Anhalt gives an overview of the known windmills of different conservation status in the state of Saxony-Anhalt .

place	Mill name	Type	Built	Remarks	image
Aland (Altmark) district of Wanzer		Post mill	1805	restored (as of 2010)
Albersroda		Post mill		badly damaged, remains of the blinds preserved (as of 1997)
Alleringersleben	Tower windmill Alleringersleben	Tower Dutchman	1859	Preserved stump (as of 1997)
Altenburg		Tower Dutchman		converted into a residential building (status: 2011)
Altenplathow	Pieschelsch mill tower	Tower Dutchman		The Holländermühle was not built as a grinding mill, but served to operate a chicory factory .
Anderbeck	Anderbeck windmill	Post mill	1864	restored
Annarode		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump, converted into a residential building
Arendsee	Arendsee windmill	Post mill	1731	restored
Act out	Windmill Dippe	Post mill	1702/1911	A mill was built at this location in 1702, which burned down in 1911. The mill that is preserved today was moved here from Sommerschenburg in 1911. It was extensively modernized in 1948 and operated until 1970. The mill technology is complete and functional. (Status 2011)
Baalberg	Schmidtmühle	Post mill	1722	Operated with wind power until 1942, burned down in the night of Good Friday 1984, heavily damaged remains preserved (status: 2011) Images on Wikimedia Commons
Baalberg	Hahndorfer mill	Tower Dutchman	1889	four-story, conical brick stump, hood preserved, without wings (status: 2011)
Bad Lauchstädt		Post mill		restored (as of 2016)
Bath life		Post mill		collapsed around 1980–1985
Badersleben		Post mill		restored
Barby		Tower Dutchman		Stump preserved, extension added (as of 1997)
Belleben		Post mill		only corrugated head and millstones preserved (as of 1997)
Benkendorf		Post mill		Parts of Hausbaum, Bock and technology preserved (as of 1995)
Bennstedt		Post mill		badly damaged (as of 1998)
Bergwitz		Post mill		Wings are missing (as of 2010)
Billroda		Post mill		restored
Bleddin		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (as of 1997)
Bothfeld		Post mill		badly damaged, wing remains (status: 2011)
Bockwitz		Tower Dutchman		Preserved with hood and compass rose, wings missing (as of 1997)
Brachstedt		Paltrock windmill		formerly post mill, base preserved (status: 2010)
Brehna	Schmidt mill	Post mill		restored
Brehna	Haedicke mill	Paltrock windmill	1845	formerly post mill, restored
Brehna	Tauchmann Mill	Post mill		converted to a motor-driven mill, additions, blades are missing (status: 2010)
Breitenhagen		Paltrock windmill	1912	Formerly a post mill, converted into a Paltrockmühle in 1928, the mill technology has largely been preserved (as of 2010), pictures on Wikimedia Commons
Brumby		Paltrock windmill	1878, 1950/51	A post windmill was built on this site in 1878, which was converted into a Paltrockmühle in 1950/51. With 4 shelves and a roller cage diameter of 9 meters, it is probably the largest that has ever been built. In 1972 the wings were destroyed in a strong storm, the drive was electric until 1990. The mill technology has been preserved and is functional. (Status 2011) Images on Wikimedia Commons
book		Tower Dutchman		Stump and bonnet preserved, remains of compass roses, wings missing (as of 1996)
Buden		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump
Bülzig		Tower Dutchman		stump removed down to the ground floor preserved (status: 1996)
Calvörde	Temps mill	Tower Dutchman		converted into a residential building, hood without wings preserved (as of 1997)
Cheine		Tower Dutchman		Mill with hood and remains of blades preserved (as of 1995)
Colbitz	Post mill Lindhorst	Post mill		restored
Coswig		Tower Dutchman		Stump and bonnet preserved, wings missing (status: 2010)
Cruchchers		Tower Dutchman		Stump and hood preserved, wings missing, converted into a residential building (status: 2011)
Dammendorf		Paltrock windmill		Collapsed around 2012 (as of 2017) Images on Wikimedia Commons
Danstedt	Post mill Danstedt	Post mill		restored
Dessau-Roßlau , Kochstedt district		Post mill	1873	Burned down during acts of war in 1945
Dessau-Roßlau , Mildensee district		Tower Dutchman	around 1860	Burned down in 1888, restored in 1893, operated from 1908 to 1924 with a steam engine, then electric, stump preserved, extensions (status: 2010)
Dessau-Roßlau , Ziebigk district		Tower Dutchman	around 1870	built around 1870, converted to gas operation in the 1920s and later to electric motor. The mill stopped operating in the mid-1980s. Converted to a residential building (status: 2010)
German		Post mill		badly damaged, wing remains preserved (as of 1997)
Diesdorf		Post mill		restored
Dingelstedt am Huy		Post mill	1897	Bock rebuilt, wing remains preserved (as of 1997)
Dobichau		Tower Dutchman		Remaining stump badly damaged (as of 1995)
Dornstedt		Tower Dutchman		The stump, canopy and wing remains preserved (as of 2016)
Triple life	Post mill Lauenroth	Post mill		2003 dismantled and transferred to Wulferstedt
Droßdorf	Droßdorf windmill	Tower Dutchman
Ebersroda		Tower Dutchman		Stump (four-story), canopy and wing remains preserved (as of 2005)
Ebersroda		Tower Dutchman		Stump (three-story), canopy and wing remains preserved (as of 1995)
Eckartsberga		Tower Dutchman	1830/31	restored, fully functional again since 2006
Eimersleben	Post mill Eimersleben	Post mill	1848	restored
Ellenberg		Post mill		converted to a motor-driven mill, extensions, blades are missing (status: 1995)
magpie		Post mill	1895	restored (as of 2010), pictures on Wikimedia Commons
Endorf (Falkenstein)	Endorf tower windmill	Tower Dutchman	1857	In operation until 1972, restoration work from 1992, fully functional since 1994
Erdeborn		Post mill		Trestle rebuilt, wing damaged (as of 1995)
Estedt		Base floor Dutch		converted to a residential building, extensions, wings missing (as of 1997)
Etingen	Etingen windmill	Post mill	1843	Erected in Zillbeck in 1843 and moved to Etingen in 1886, operated with an engine from 1957, operations ceased in 1960, partial renovation from 1990–1992
Ferchland		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (as of 1996)
Flechtingen		Tower Dutchman		severely damaged stump preserved	image
Friedersdorf		Tower Dutchman		Stump preserved, converted into a residential building, partially greened (as of 2010)
Frößnitz		Post mill	1736/37	Collapsed around 1979, the trestle and house tree have been preserved. (Status 2011)
Gatterstädt		Paltrock windmill		preserved, wing remnants (status: 2016)
Gentha		Post mill		restored, wings are missing (as of 2017)
Gernrode	Gernrode windmill	Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump
Gerstewitz		Post mill		Bock rebuilt, wings partially reproduced
Gleina		Tower Dutchman		converted to a motor-driven mill, preserved with hood, wings missing, extensions (status: 1995)
Gleina		Tower Dutchman		preserved with damaged canopy and remains of a wing (status: 1995)
Glinde		Post mill		Bock and Hausbaum preserved, remains of technology (as of 1997)
Globig		Tower Dutchman		converted to a motor-driven mill, stump preserved and provided with an extension (status: 1995)
Graefenhainichen	Preusser's post mill	Post mill	1848	Implemented by Roitzsch in 1848, 1921 electrical connection, 1963 cessation of mill operations, 1969 dismantling of the blades, restored in 1991/92 (status 2010), Images on Wikimedia Commons
Greaves	Windmill greaves	Post mill	1837	Dismantled in 2000 and rebuilt approx. 200 m from the old location in the center of Grieben 2003–2006. Images on Wikimedia Commons
Greaves		Post mill		Images on Wikimedia Commons
Greets		Post mill		preserved, without wings (as of 2010)
Groß Ammensleben		Tower Dutchman		preserved with hood and remains of wind rose and wings (as of 1995)
Gross Naundorf		Post mill		Preserved with remains of wings
Groß Rodensleben		Post mill		Preserved, rebuilt buck
Gross Rosenburg		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump, converted into a residential building (status 2010), pictures on Wikimedia Commons
Großgörschen		Post mill		preserved with remains of the wing (as of 2015)
Großgräfendorf		Post mill		converted to a motor-driven mill, with extension, without blades (as of 1995)
Großkorbetha		Post mill		preserved with remains of a wing, trestle rebuilt (status: 1998)
Large sphere		Post mill		heavily damaged, wing remains preserved (as of 1995)
Großnitz		Post mill		badly damaged, wings missing (as of 1997)
Großzöberitz		Post mill		converted into a residential building (as of 2010)
Güsen		Tower Dutchman		Preserved with hood and remains of compass roses, wings missing (status: 1996)
Hakeborn		Post mill		preserved, trestle remodeled (as of 1997)
Halle-Lettin		Tower Dutchman		preserved with wing remnants, (status: 2010)
Halle-Neustadt	Donkey mill	Tower Dutchman	1886/87	Preserved with dummy wings, use as a restaurant (as of 2010)
Hedersleben , district of Mansfeld-Südharz		Post mill		Only outbuildings preserved (as of 2011)
Hedersleben, district of Mansfeld-Südharz		Tower Dutchman		Heavily damaged stump preserved (as of 2010)
Hemsendorf		Post mill		Bock rebuilt, preserved with remains of the wing (as of 1996)
Hettstedt		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump, converted into a residential building
Heuckewalde		Post mill		Preserved with remains of the wing (as of 1997)
Hödingen		Post mill		Only Bock received (as of 1995)
Hohenwarthe	Hohenwarthe post mill	Post mill	1720	In 1984 the Drackenstedt mill was moved to this location. Today it is used as part of a restaurant. Next to the windmill, the impeller shaft and the comb wheel of the mill that collapsed in Irxleben in 1983 are on display
Hundisburg		Tower Dutchman		Stumpf is used as a residential building (status: 2009)
Irxleben		Post mill		Collapsed in 1983, the wing shaft and the cogwheel are preserved and next to the windmill Hohenwarthe issued Images on Wikimedia Commons
Jeetze		Post mill		Restored
Jerichow		Base floor Dutch	1857	Restored
Jewish village		Post mill		Converted to a motor-driven mill, trestle converted, extensions added, blades are missing
Cameras		Post mill		Bock rebuilt, wings missing
Small life		Post mill		Heavily damaged, with remains of a wing (as of 1997)
Klein Germersleben	Windmill Klein Germersleben	Paltrock windmill	1848	Restored Paltrock windmill, badly damaged by storm Friederike in 2018 (broken rods)
Small panniers		Post mill		Preserved with remains of a wing, trestle rebuilt (as of 1995)
Kleinkorgau		Post mill	1824	badly damaged (as of 2014)
Kleinmühlingen	Windmill Kleinmühlingen	Post mill		Restored, moved 1991–1994 from Roitzsch , predecessor mill at the same location was built in 1848
Klietz		Post mill	1880	Restored
Dumplings		Tower Dutchman		Converted to a motor-driven mill, extensions, hood preserved, wings missing (as of 1995)
Blocks		Tower Dutchman		Butt and bonnet were preserved, wings were missing, from 1998 restoration or conversion to a restaurant
Knapendorf		Tower Dutchman		Butt converted into a residential building, (as of 2011)
Humping		Paltrock windmill		Damaged with wind rose remains, wings are missing (as of 2010)
Skills		Tower Dutchman		Heavily damaged stump preserved (as of 2010)
Skills		Tower Dutchman		Stump converted into a residential building, extensions (as of 2010)
Köselitz		Post mill		Heavily damaged with remains of a wing (as of 2010)
Koethen		Tower Dutchman	1869	until 1920 drive with wind power (5 blades), then with electric motor, was shut down in 1958, mill with hood without technology was preserved. (Status 2011)
Kremkau		Post mill		Preserved with remains of the wing (as of 1997)
Kreypau		Tower Dutchman		damaged stump preserved (status: 2011) Images on Wikimedia Commons
Krosigk	Krosigker post mill	Post mill		1994–1996 moved and reconstructed from Gollma to the Krosigker mill site. Overturned in January 2007 by storm "Franz". Reconstruction since 2009.
Cooling		Tower Dutchman		Converted to a residential building (status: 2010)
Labrun		Post mill		Converted to a motorized mill, blades are missing
Langeneichstädt		Post mill		Preserved with remains of a wing, trestle rebuilt
Lebien		Post mill		Restored
Lebien		Post mill		Bock with house tree and remains preserved (status: 1998)
Leimbach		Post mill		Preserved with wing remains (as of 2016)
Leitzkau		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump
Libehna		Post mill		Torn down, no more parts available (as of 2010)
Libehna		Post mill	1814	Restored
Lobitzsch		Paltrock windmill		Badly damaged, wings missing (as of 1998)
Lodersleben		Tower Dutchman		Restored
Maasdorf	Kurtchen Barth's mill	Tower Dutchman		Stump and few technical remnants preserved (as of 2010)
Magdeburg-Fermersleben	Post mill Fermersleben	Post mill		badly damaged, wings missing (as of 2010)
Magdeburg-Olvenstedt	Düppler mill	Tower Dutchman	1845	Stump preserved, in operation until 1899, wing removed in 1901, apartments furnished around 1920, burned out around 1970
Magdeburg-Pechau	Post mill Pechau	Post mill	1828	Burned out in 1896 after a lightning strike, reconstruction in 1897/98, shut down in 1954, wing removed in 1960, then deteriorated, restored from 1992–1994
brand		Post mill		Wings are missing
My pain		Tower Dutchman		Preserved with hood, wings missing, extension (status: 2011)
Merzien		Post mill		Bock rebuilt, wings missing (as of 2010)
Merzien		Post mill		Bock rebuilt, wings missing (as of 2010)
Meseberg		Post mill		Preserved with remains of the wing (as of 1997)
Meuchen		Post mill		dilapidated remains (as of 1995)
Mochau		Tower Dutchman		received with hood, extension, wings missing (status: 2011)
Moan		Tower Dutchman		Stump preserved, extension, converted into a residential building
Moan		Tower Dutchman		Stump preserved, converted into a motor-driven mill, extension (status: 1997)
Möhlau		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (status: 2010)
Cap	Kageler mill	Post mill	Implemented at today's location in 1815	Preserved with remains of the wing (as of 2017)
Naumburg (Saale)	1879	Tower Dutchman		Preserved, extensions, 5 wings reproduced, is currently being renovated (as of 2011)
Naundorf near Seyda		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump
Neuerstadt		Paltrock windmill		Preserved with remains of the wing (as of 1996)
Niedermöllern		Tower Dutchman		Restored
Niederndodeleben		Tower Dutchman	1808 to 1810	Use as a residential building, the technology is still largely preserved. (Status 2011) Images on Wikimedia Commons
Nienburg (Saale)		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump, walled up window (as of 2011)
Niendorf		Tower Dutchman		Ruin, stump badly damaged
Nordgermersleben		Tower Dutchman		Preserved with a hood, converted into a residential building, extensions, wings missing (status: 2009)
Nordgermersleben		Tower Dutchman		Converted to a residential building (status: 2009)
Obergreißlau		Post mill		Bock rebuilt, wings missing (as of 2011)
Obernessa		Post mill		Heavily damaged, wing remains (as of 1995)
Obhausen		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (as of 2016)
Obschütz		Post mill		Only remnants of the post conversion have been preserved (as of 1995)
Oppin		Post mill		Converted to a motor-driven mill, extension, wings missing, badly damaged (status: 2010)
Oppin		Post mill		Converted to a motor-driven mill, extension, wings missing (status: 2010)
Osterweddingen		Post mill		Preserved with wing remains (status: 2014)
Ostingers life	Post mill Ostingersleben	Post mill	1793	Restored
Ottleben	Windmill trough	Post mill	1848	Restored (as of 2011)
Ovelgünne		Post mill		Only dilapidated remnants of technology (as of 1997)
Pair		Post mill		Restored Images on Wikimedia Commons
Parey	Parey windmill	Paltrock windmill	1946	Restored
Piss		Tower Dutchman		Converted to a hotel, extensions, wings are missing (status: 2010)
Pettstädt		Post mill		Restored, wings missing (status: 2010)
Plossig		Post mill		Damaged, wings are missing (as of 1995)
Plossig		Post mill		Badly damaged, wings missing (as of 1995)
Plößnitz	Plößnitz windmill	Post mill	1735	Restored (as of 2016)
Pollen life		Post mill	1847/48	Restored (as of 2010)
Pölsfeld		Post mill		Bock remodeled, wing remains (as of 1997)
Pommelled	Post mill Pömmelte	Post mill		Rebuilt Bock, has been in Pommelte since 1860, previously on the Hummelberg in Schönebeck
Prettin		Post mill		Badly damaged, wing remains (as of 1998)
Prittitz		Post mill		Heavily damaged, wing remains (as of 2011)
Punschrau		Tower Dutchman		Preserved with hood, wind rose and wing remnants (as of 1997)
Wheel		Post mill		Bock with house tree and remains preserved (as of 1995)
Radisleben		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (as of 1997)
Reichardt advertising		Post mill		Badly damaged, without wings (as of 2007)
Reichardt advertising		Post mill		Bock rebuilt, wings missing (as of 1995)
Remkersleben		Post mill		Bock with house tree received (as of 2016)
Rippicha		Tower Dutchman		Stump and bonnet preserved, wings missing (as of 1997)
Rosslau (Elbe)				Preserved stump (status: 2008)
Skirts		Post mill		Bock converted, no wings, was operated with a wind turbine, damaged (as of 2011)
Saxon village		Post mill	1701	Restored (as of 2010) Images on Wikimedia Commons
Salzwedel		Earth Dutchman		Preserved with hood and remains of compass roses, wings missing (as of 2016)
Sargstedt		Post mill		Bock remodeled, preserved with remains of the wing (as of 1997)
Schafstädt		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (as of 2016)
Schafstädt		Tower Dutchman		Badly damaged, wing remains (as of 2016)
Quick seat		Post mill	1817	Built in Meerane in 1817 and moved to today's mill location in 1870. The mill has been restored since 1991. (Status 2011)
Schköna		Post mill		Converted to a residential building (status: 2011)
Schleibnitz	Schleibnitz post mill	Post mill		Bock rebuilt, wings missing (as of 1995)
Schönebeck (Elbe)		Tower Dutchman	1870	Converted to a residential building (status: 2011) Images on Wikimedia Commons
Schönebeck (Elbe)		Tower Dutchman		Converted to a residential building (status: 2015) Images on Wikimedia Commons
Schönebeck (Elbe), Bad Salzelmen district	Brine tower	Tower Dutchman	1776	Built as a pump mill to pump the brine from a depth of 85 meters. From 1792 a steam engine was used to drive the pump. Images on Wikimedia Commons
Schönebeck	Mill W. What a shame	Post mill	1887	Canceled in 1987/88 Images on Wikimedia Commons
Schöneicho		Post mill		Preserved, badly damaged, wing remains (as of 1995)
Seebenau coord.		Tower Dutchman		Stumpf get to a fire station converted
Seehausen (Altmark)		Base floor Dutch		Badly damaged, preserved with remains of the hood, wings are missing (as of 1997)
Seyda		Post mill		Badly damaged, wing remains present (as of 1996)
Sieglitz		Tower Dutchman		Dull and damaged hood preserved, wings missing (as of 1997)
Sons		Paltrock windmill		Preserved with compass rose, wings missing (as of 1995)
Sommersdorf		Paltrock windmill		Converted to a residential house, remnants of the wing available (as of 1997)
Spergau	Spergauer post mill	Post mill	1836	Restored (as of 2011)
Starsiedel		Paltrock windmill		Heavily damaged with remains of the wing (as of 1995)
Steutz		Tower Dutchman		Converted to a motor-driven mill, hood preserved, extension, wings missing (as of 1997)
Stumsdorf		Post mill		Restored, Bock rebuilt (as of 2010)
Daytime advertising		Tower Dutchman		Restored (as of 2010)
Tangling		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (as of 1997)
Thurland		Tower Dutchman		Converted to a residential building (as of 2010)
Tornitz	Mill angel	Post mill	1886	no longer available (expansion of the gravel pits, status: 2015) Images on Wikimedia Commons
Tornitz	Frankes Mill	Post mill	1858	collapsed in 2012 Images on Wikimedia Commons
Tornau	Post mill Tornau	Post mill		Restored
Trebnitz		Tower Dutchman		Stump with attachments
Tultewitz	Tultewitz tower windmill	Tower Dutchman	1850	Completely restored and functional (2000)
Watch life	Uhrsleben post mill	Post mill		Preserved with wing remains (status: 2010)
Unseburg		Tower Dutchman
Wallwitz , district of Jerichower Land		Tower Dutchman		Converted to a residential building, wing modeled
Wallwitz , hall circle		Post mill		Preserved with wing remains (status: 2010)
Warnstedt		Tower Dutchman		Receive
Weddendorf		Post mill		Converted to a motor-driven mill, trestle converted, extensions, wings missing (as of 1997)
Wedlitz		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (status: 2011)
Weissenborn		Post mill		Heavily damaged, with remains of a wing (as of 1997)
Wengelsdorf	Wengelsdorf windmill	Tower Dutchman		Restored (status: 2011)
Wengelsdorf	Wengelsdorf windmill	Post mill		Heavily damaged, with remains of the wing (as of 2011)
Advertise		Post mill		Restored
Wettin		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump, converted into a residential building (status: 2010)
Werderthau		Post mill		dilapidated remains (status: 2010)
Wölls-Petersdorf		Post mill		Bock rebuilt, wings missing (as of 2010)
Wolmirstedt	Auerbach's mill	Post mill		Restored
Woepel		Tower Dutchman
Woerlitz		Tower Dutchman		Converted to a residential house, stump preserved, with extension (status: 2010)
Woerlitz		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (status 2010)
Wulfen		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (status: 2011)
Wulferstedt	Breitmeyer post mill	Post mill	1808	Reconstructed in 1996, destroyed in a hurricane on the night of October 28-29, 2002
Wulferstedt	Lauenroth post mill	Post mill		2004–2005 on the Wulferstedter mill site (Breitmeyersche Bockwindmühle) built using the "Bockmühle Lauenroth" from Dreileben
Wulferstedt	Dieckmann Mill	Post mill	1820	Restored, wing cross (blinds) renewed in 2005, is wind-compatible, the technical equipment partially preserved.
Wish		Post mill		Converted to a motor-driven mill, extension, wings missing (as of 1995)
Wurp		Post mill		Badly damaged, wings missing (as of 2010)
Junk		Post mill		Badly damaged, wings missing (as of 1995)
Zahna		Tower Dutchman		Preserved stump (status: 2011) Images on Wikimedia Commons
Zscherneddel		Post mill		Preserved with wings (partly replicas) (status: 2011)
Ziemendorf		Post mill		Heavily damaged, with remains of a wing (as of 1997)
Zierau		Post mill	1755	Restored

literature

• Bergmann, H., Riedel, H., Neitzel, T .: Mühlenland Sachsen-Anhalt, Part 8: The cap windmills on the territory of today's federal state Saxony-Anhalt, Sachsen-Anhalt-Journal 28 (2018) Issue 1, 9-14

Web links

Commons : Windmühlen in Sachsen-Anhalt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Windmills in Saxony-Anhalt on muehlen-archiv.de
• German Society for Milling Science and Mill Maintenance (DGM) eV

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The Chronicle of the Jerichower Land ( Memento from May 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Presentation of the Heimat- und Mühlenverein e. V. greaves
3. ↑ Post mill 'Zierau'

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