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 |
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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 | ||
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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
Web links
Commons : Windmühlen in Thuringia - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ 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 .
- ^ Gotha and the surrounding area. Perthes-Verlag Gotha 1905.
- ↑ measuring table sheet 2931: Gotha, 1878
- ↑ measuring table sheet 2931: Gotha, 1936
- ↑ Annerose Kirchner: New book about mills between the upper Saale and the Thuringian basin. In: Ostthüringer Zeitung . January 12, 2013, accessed December 28, 2013 .
- ^ Johann Gottlieb Stemler (former mayor of the city of Zeulenroda): History of Zeulenroda , printed in 1840 in Neustadt an der Orla