Kriemhildmühle, Stellingmill on city wall in Xanten, Germany
Kriemhildmühle is a brick stellingmill on the northern section of Xanten's city wall, built as a watchtower in the 14th century and converted into a 19.3-metre windmill in 1804. Its sails use an old Dutch lattice frame and, since 1992, a Fokwiek according to P.L. Fauël's patent. The mill still grinds grain daily, with a bakery on the ground floor.
The structure was built in the 14th century as a defensive tower and later served as a night watchman's dwelling. In 1804 it was converted into a windmill and has maintained that function since.
The mill is named after Kriemhild from the Nibelungen saga; a mill named after Siegfried of Xanten also existed but is no longer in operation. Since 1992 bread has been baked in the mill and sold on site and at weekly markets nearby. The sails carry a Fokwiek based on the patent of the Dutchman P.L. Fauël.
The mill is open for visits during its opening hours; the upper floors are accessible, but there is no climb to the top of the tower. On the ground floor a bakery sells bread baked in the mill and also sold at weekly markets nearby.
The mill's sails carry a Fokwiek system fitted since 1992, built to the patent of Dutchman P.L. Fauël (1891–1992). A mill named after Siegfried of Xanten, the counterpart to Kriemhild in the Nibelungen saga, once existed too, but it no longer operates.
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