List of windmills in Thuringia

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

Place location	District / district-free city	Mill	Type	Remarks	Built	image
Altenbeichlingen 51 ° 13 ′ 29 ″ N, 11 ° 14 ′ 16 ″ E	LK Sömmerda		Tower Dutchman	The restored windmill, which can be seen from afar, stands on a hill east of Altenbeichlingen. The mill was built around 1850 and was for sale in 1862 with two grinding courses. In 1905 it burned down completely as a result of a lightning strike. Reconstruction with later heightening of the conical natural stone masonry. Milling was only carried out with electric power until 1956, from 1948 onwards. A resident family saved the mill from deterioration and used it for residential purposes and museum exhibitions. In 2006 a new dummy wing cross was installed.	1850/1905
Ashara 51 ° 3 ′ 38 ″ N, 10 ° 41 ′ 2 ″ E	LK Gotha		Earth Dutchman	On the 268 m above sea level. NN high vineyard.
Auma Upper Mill 50 ° 41 ′ 46 "N, 11 ° 54 ′ 29" E	LK Greiz		?	nothing received.
Auma lower mill 50 ° 41 ′ 39 "N, 11 ° 54 ′ 20" E	LK Greiz		Tower Dutchman	Preserved stump.
Bachra 51 ° 11 ′ 35 ″ N, 11 ° 21 ′ 28 ″ E	LK Sömmerda		Tower Dutchman	Former tower windmill from 1828, without blades since the 1950s.	1828
Ballstädt 51 ° 2 ′ 25 ″ N, 10 ° 43 ′ 7 ″ E	LK Gotha		Post mill	It was built in 1834 and moved from Hoheneggelsen to its current location in 1933 and restored.	1834
Bechstedtstrasse 50 ° 57 ′ 17 ″ N, 11 ° 12 ′ 22 ″ E	LK Weimarer Land		Post mill	The post mill was first mentioned in 1620 and rebuilt in 1834 after a fire. In the years 2000–2001 it was restored and is again windable and fully functional.	1620/1834
Bottendorf 51 ° 18 ′ 17 ″ N, 11 ° 24 ′ 26 ″ E	LK Kyffhäuserkreis		Tower Dutchman	Maker: Johann Christian Meitz	1735/1748
Bucha (near Jena) 50 ° 52 ′ 16 ″ N, 11 ° 31 ′ 5 ″ E	LK Saale-Holzland-Kreis		Tower Dutchman	Converted to a residential building. The windmill was mentioned as early as 1836.
Bufleben 51 ° 0 ′ 31 ″ N, 10 ° 44 ′ 4 ″ E	LK Gotha		Post mill
Buttstädt 51 ° 7 ′ 22 ″ N, 11 ° 25 ′ 58 ″ E	LK Sömmerda		Tower Dutchman	Preserved stump.
Dittersdorf 50 ° 38 '46 "N, 11 ° 48' 57" E	LK Saale-Orla district		Tower Dutchman	cylindrical tower windmill, in need of restoration, without blades. Look here
Dittrichshütte 50 ° 38 ′ 0 ″ N, 11 ° 15 ′ 22 ″ E	LK Saalfeld-Rudolstadt		Tower Dutchman	Tower windmill with dummy blades, double compass rose, shot barrel; Museum mill.
Döllstädt 51 ° 5 ′ 11 ″ N, 10 ° 49 ′ 6 ″ E	LK Gotha		Tower Dutchman	Preserved stump
Eliasbrunn 50 ° 29 ′ 43 "N, 11 ° 35 ′ 49" E	LK Saale-Orla district		Tower Dutchman	In 1878 the last tower windmill was built in the wider area, which is today the landmark of the town and was immortalized in the town's coat of arms. In 1994 a modern wind turbine was built in the immediate vicinity of the windmill, which can be seen from afar.	1878
Eßleben 51 ° 8 ′ 53 ″ N, 11 ° 27 ′ 36 ″ E	LK Sömmerda		Tower Dutchman
Frauenprießnitz 51 ° 0 ′ 41 ″ N, 11 ° 43 ′ 42 ″ E	LK Saale-Holzland-Kreis		Tower Dutchman	Preserved stump
Friemar 50 ° 58 ′ 32 ″ N, 10 ° 47 ′ 22 ″ E	LK Gotha			(1905 according to the map) 2 mills on the southern outskirts to the left and right of today's Windmühlenstraße 2 mills, in 1936 only one mill, now no longer preserved. A restaurant with a hall was built in its place.
Bieblach 50 ° 53 ′ 40 ″ N, 12 ° 5 ′ 22 ″ E	LK Gera (district-free city)		Tower Dutchman	The remaining conical stump made of quarry stone masonry has been converted into an estate and has extensions.
Gera-Kleinaga 50 ° 57 ′ 42 ″ N, 12 ° 6 ′ 5 ″ E	LK Gera (district-free city)		Tower Dutchman	The conical mill stump made of brickwork has been converted into a motor mill and has extensions and a hood, but no wings.
Großmehlra post mill 51 ° 16 ′ 10 ″ N, 10 ° 37 ′ 2 ″ E	LK Unstrut-Hainich district		Post mill	Has not existed since the 1990s
Großmehlra Turmholländer 51 ° 16 ′ 5 ″ N, 10 ° 36 ′ 59 ″ E	LK Unstrut-Hainich district		Tower Dutchman	Converted to a residential building
Günterode	LK Eichsfeld		Post mill	On January 1, 1853, windmiller Joseph Schwachheim advertised the sale of his newly built post mill on the outskirts for 1,800 thalers.	1852
Haselbach 50 ° 49 ′ 34 ″ N, 12 ° 14 ′ 29 ″ E	LK Greiz		Post mill
Hauteroda 51 ° 16 ′ 6 "N, 11 ° 16 ′ 42" E	LK Kyffhäuserkreis		Tower Dutchman
Heichelheim 51 ° 2 ′ 51 ″ N, 11 ° 19 ′ 10 ″ E	LK Weimarer Land		Tower Dutchman
Hohenfelden 50 ° 53 ′ 21 ″ N, 11 ° 9 ′ 59 ″ E	LK Weimarer Land		Post mill	The so-called "Salzmanns-Mühle" is a post mill built in 1729 in Großmehlra , municipality of Obermehler , near Mühlhausen and operated until 1954. This makes it the oldest surviving post mill in Thuringia, which, however, could not be preserved on site. In autumn 2009, the dismantling and relocation to the Hohenfelden open-air museum began, where it was rebuilt with the aim of restoring functionality.	1729	Image wanted
Holungen , previously Nordhausen 51 ° 29 ′ 43 ″ N, 10 ° 23 ′ 28 ″ E	LK Eichsfeld		Post mill	Windmiller Joseph Isecke bought the chicory mill from Nordhäuser Schern-Berg , from 1844 until it was demolished in 1939, the mill then stood on Leibingskopf at the foot of the Sonnenstein , the foundation still in place.	Implemented in 1844
Hopfgarten 50 ° 59 ′ 8 ″ N, 11 ° 12 ′ 12 ″ E	LK Weimarer Land		Tower Dutchman	Converted to a residential building
Immenrode 51 ° 21 ′ 45 ″ N, 10 ° 44 ′ 5 ″ E	LK Kyffhäuserkreis		Tower Dutchman	The stone mill is a tower Dutchman with an apartment on the ground floor and living and working floors and with remnants of the technology. 3 grinding courses and internal agitator .
Ki slot 50 ° 59 ′ 4 "N, 11 ° 48 ′ 44" E	LK Saale-Holzland-Kreis		Tower Dutchman		1852
Jena-Krippendorf 50 ° 58 ′ 49 ″ N, 11 ° 32 ′ 50 ″ E	LK Jena (district-free)		Post mill	The mill was built between 1738 and 1742. After a complete restoration by a privateer, it was operated as a functional display object since 1983. Hurricane Kyrill completely destroyed the mill on January 18, 2007. The city of Jena had it rebuilt with significant participation by the Thuringian Mill Association. Since the German Milling Day 2012 , the mill with 1 grinding cycle has been functional again and is operated and maintained by the fire brigade and village association Krippendorf e. V.	1738/1742
Kleinfahner 51 ° 2 ′ 22 ″ N, 10 ° 51 ′ 16 ″ E	LK Gotha		Post mill
Klettbach 50 ° 55 ′ 2 ″ N, 11 ° 9 ′ 39 ″ E	LK Weimarer Land		Post mill	The mill from 1743 was moved from the Goldenen Aue to its current location in 1909 . It is a post mill with complete milling technology and had a Hecht wing cross . The mill was dismantled from the enclosed private property in 2007 and rebuilt in the immediate vicinity on an open area through the initiative of the local mill association. Today she has a new rod cross.	1743
Langenroda 51 ° 17 ′ 5 ″ N, 11 ° 23 ′ 3 ″ E	LK Kyffhäuserkreis		Post mill	The post mill has a complete technology and is wind-compatible with a new wing cross for sail covering.	1732
Linda near Neustadt an der Orla 50 ° 41 ′ 4 ″ N, 11 ° 47 ′ 1 ″ E	LK Saale-Orla district		Gallery Dutch	Built in 1813 at the current location. After a fire in 1867 it was rebuilt as a gallery Dutch mill, and was in operation until 1965. A reconstruction and the expansion to a cabaret and technical show object took place in the 1980s. The technical equipment is almost completely preserved. The double-sided internal rake is a technical rarity . The mill has a newly attached wing cross.	1813
Lumpzig 50 ° 56 ′ 7 ″ N, 12 ° 15 ′ 13 ″ E	LK Altenburger Land		Post mill	This is the oldest windmill in East Thuringia and the only surviving post mill in Altenburger Land. It once had 2 stone entrances, one of which was driven by an inclined cast "comb" wheel. Extensive restoration with a new wing cross.	1732
Porstendorf 50 ° 45 ′ 41 ″ N, 11 ° 55 ′ 27 ″ E	LK Saale-Orla district		Post mill
Molschleben 51 ° 0 ′ 0 ″ N, 10 ° 46 ′ 59 ″ E	LK Gotha			(1905 according to map) 2 mills on the northern outskirts (Gierstädter Weg) and 1 mill on the brickworks. Got nothing more
Mühlhausen / Thuringia 51 ° 12 ′ 7 ″ N, 10 ° 26 ′ 58 ″ E	LK Unstrut-Hainich district		Tower Dutchman	Converted to a residential building
Nermsdorf 51 ° 4 ′ 56 ″ N, 11 ° 22 ′ 34 ″ E	LK Weimarer Land		Tower Dutchman	In 1994 there was a fire in the windmill, and until then it was considered one of the oldest preserved mills in the region.
Niederböhmersdorf 50 ° 39 ′ 41 ″ N, 12 ° 1 ′ 14 ″ E	LK Greiz		Paltrockmühle	Post mill, 1922 Conversion of the tail mill to the Paltrock mill.	1843
Neukirchen 51 ° 1 ′ 7 ″ N, 10 ° 20 ′ 17 ″ E	LK Eisenach (district-free city)		Post mill	The mill burned down in 1921.
Obernissa 50 ° 57 ′ 28 ″ N, 11 ° 9 ′ 4 ″ E	LK Weimarer Land		Post mill	The post mill is located on the connecting path between Obernissa and Mönchenholzhausen and belongs to Obernissa by post. It was built in 1824 and the site is used as a riding stables today.
Over tear 51 ° 5 ′ 20 ″ N, 11 ° 24 ′ 29 ″ E	LK Weimarer Land		Tower Dutchman	Destroyed by fire and rebuilt in 1822 in Dutch style.	1700
Horse life 50 ° 58 ′ 22 ″ N, 10 ° 48 ′ 55 ″ E	LK Gotha			(1905 according to the map) 1 mill on the north-western edge of the village. The mill was demolished before the GDR era. Today there is the successor to a former LPG .
Pölzig 50 ° 57 ′ 32 ″ N, 12 ° 11 ′ 19 ″ E	LK Greiz		Post mill	Converted to a motorized mill
Ranis 50 ° 39 ′ 29 "N, 11 ° 34 ′ 7" E	LK Saale-Orla district		Tower Dutchman	After conversion it was used as a motor-driven mill until the 1960s, but the stump has been preserved	1844
Rüdersdorf 50 ° 53 '47 "N, 11 ° 58' 5" E	LK Greiz		Tower Dutchman	Rebuilt like a house
Scherbda (1st) 51 ° 5 ′ 28 "N, 10 ° 15 ′ 20" E (2nd) 51 ° 5 ′ 30 "N, 10 ° 14 ′ 58" E	LK Wartburgkreis		Post mill	(1.) The first windmill was built in 1851 by the windmill Bäringer from Ringau- Grandenborn and remained in operation until 1912. The successor building - here in the picture - was preserved in Scherbda until 1947 and was then deliberately destroyed. In 1926, the north Hessian painter Wilhelm Schott Scherbda visited and made a painting of this mill. Their location was at the eastern end of Lindenstrasse. Because the miller's wife was murdered in a robbery, the mill was also called Mordmühle . It no longer exists. (2.) The mill and house on the northern outskirts were demolished after 1950. It was at the northern end of the mountain road.	(1.) 1851-1912 (2.) approx. 1920-1947
Schillingstedt 51 ° 14 ′ 3 ″ N, 11 ° 12 ′ 22 ″ E	LK Sömmerda		Post mill	Post mill with shotgun; Reconstructed with a new louvre wing cross	1840
Schlossvippach 51 ° 6 ′ 28 ″ N, 11 ° 9 ′ 21 ″ E	LK Sömmerda		Tower Dutchman
Schlotheim 51 ° 15 ′ 3 ″ N, 10 ° 39 ′ 30 ″ E	LK Unstrut-Hainich district		Tower Dutchman	See: Description in the Schlotheim article ; See: Article in Denkmalschutz.de See: Article in Gluecksspirale.de	1861
Schmiedehausen 51 ° 4 ′ 21 ″ N, 11 ° 39 ′ 51 ″ E	LK Weimarer Land		Tower Dutchman	The windmill is in need of renovation.
Sprötau 51 ° 7 ′ 42 ″ N, 11 ° 12 ′ 14 ″ E	LK Sömmerda		Tower Dutchman	dilapidated
Suhl 50 ° 36 ′ 20 ″ N, 10 ° 41 ′ 28 ″ E	LK Suhl (district-free city)		Tower Dutchman	See: Report on a planned renovation from 2010	1848
Tischendorf 50 ° 43 ′ 57 ″ N, 11 ° 55 ′ 10 ″ E	LK Greiz		Post mill	no longer exists
Triptis 50 ° 44 ′ 31 ″ N, 11 ° 52 ′ 32 ″ E	LK Saale-Orla district		Tower Dutchman	An entry in the State Handbook for the Grand Duchy of Saxony: 1840 says that a mill stood between Triptis and Braunsdorf, "1/2 mile east of Triptis", presumably on the Wolfsberg, the coordinates of which are entered here.
Tröchtelborn 50 ° 59 ′ 38 ″ N, 10 ° 48 ′ 46 ″ E	LK Gotha			(1905 according to the map) 1 mill on the western outskirts. Got nothing more
Tüngeda 51 ° 2 ′ 13 ″ N, 10 ° 35 ′ 17 ″ E	LK Wartburg district	Post mill Tüngeda	Post mill	Implemented in 1875 at today's location. Restored in the 1990s by the Tüngeda Bockwindmühle association	1840
Wangenheim	LK Gotha			(1905 according to the map) 1 mill at Rothehof east of Wangenheim station. Nothing left, the old train station, built around 1900, is now a residential and commercial building
Weimar 50 ° 58 ′ 19 ″ N, 11 ° 18 ′ 53 ″ E	LK Weimar (district-free city)		Tower Dutchman	Converted to a residential building, formerly Villa Sauckel , now the training center of the employment agency
Weira 50 ° 42 ′ 15 ″ N, 11 ° 42 ′ 27 ″ E	LK Saale-Orla district		Tower Dutchman	The 12-cornered Dutch mill, built in 1816, stands on a massive base made of quarry stone and is a pyramidal wooden construction with a conical, formerly slate-covered hood. The vane shaft and comb wheel, vertical shaft and other drives are almost completely preserved. Lohe stamps (unique in Germany for windmills) for the production of lohe for tanneries, probably built in in 1841, are preserved in the basement. Other milling technology is also preserved with two stone entrances. From 1938, after a broken wing, the mill was driven by a diesel and an electric motor until 1964, when grinding was stopped in 1964. The hood is pre- rotated using the internal harvester .	1816
Weißensee 51 ° 12 ′ 17 ″ N, 11 ° 3 ′ 57 ″ E	LK Sömmerda		Tower Dutchman	A completely preserved, non-operational Dutch mill with a 16-sided tower.
Wildenbörten 50 ° 54 ′ 42 ″ N, 12 ° 17 ′ 30 ″ E	LK Altenburger Land		Tower Dutchman
Windeberg 51 ° 16 ′ 13 ″ N, 10 ° 30 ′ 27 ″ E	LK Unstrut-Hainich district		Tower Dutchman
Zeulenroda 50 ° 39 ′ 10 "N, 11 ° 59 ′ 47" E	LK Greiz		Tower Dutchman	Converted to a residential building. According to the deed about the sale of land by the city of Zeulenroda, it is documented that a piece of land was sold in 1711 to the windmill Gerhard Stöckert to build a windmill in front of the Greizer suburb. The windmill was bought and repaired again by the city for 400 Aßo (old shock) in 1722. Since it paid off badly, it was sold to a Christoph Walbe in 1722 for 342 aces, 18 groschen. Walbe moved away from Zeulenroda again in 1728.	1711

See also

• List of windmills in Germany

Web links

Commons : Windmühlen in Thuringia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Windmills in Thuringia on muehlen-archiv.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jonathan Carl Zenker : Historical-topographical pocket book of Jena and its surroundings, especially in natural science and medical relationship. With the plan from Jena and a geognostic profile . Frommann, Jena 1836, p. 146 .
2. ^ Gotha and the surrounding area. Perthes-Verlag Gotha 1905.
3. ↑ measuring table sheet 2931: Gotha, 1878
4. ↑ measuring table sheet 2931: Gotha, 1936
5. ↑ Annerose Kirchner: New book about mills between the upper Saale and the Thuringian basin. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung . January 12, 2013, accessed December 28, 2013 . 
6. ^ Johann Gottlieb Stemler (former mayor of the city of Zeulenroda): History of Zeulenroda , printed in 1840 in Neustadt an der Orla

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