Riepenburg mill

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Riepenburg mill
Aerial view

The Riepenburg mill " Boreas " is located at Kirchwerder Mühlendamm 75a in Hamburg-Kirchwerder . It is a Dutch mill . Built in 1828, it is the oldest and largest preserved grain windmill in Hamburg. It was mentioned as a mill location in 1318, making it one of the oldest in Germany. A mill with the name "Boreasmühle" also existed in Flensburg , of which only a street name remained (see there ).

The Riepenburger Mühle is one of the last windmills in Germany to work regularly. Its restoration lasted seven years, and since 2007 it has been a manufacturing technical monument.

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Coordinates: 53 ° 24 ′ 29.2 "  N , 10 ° 12 ′ 29.8"  E