Amrum Mill, Kellerholländer windmill in Nebel, Amrum, Germany
Amrum Mill is a thatched smock mill of the Kellerholländer type, standing on the highest natural rise in Nebel. Its dark grey reed-covered conical body carries a green cap with a wind rose and four sails with green leading beams and yellow lattice frames. Inside, the mill keeps its last working milling machinery, including two pairs of millstones.
The mill was built in 1771 and ground grain for island residents for many years. It stopped working in 1963 when modern methods made it no longer necessary.
The mill houses a local history museum opened on 28 June 1964 in the former storage rooms, and the preservation society still runs exhibition rooms for artists there. Its sails carry aluminium louvres fitted after the 2011 storm, and the cap turns into the wind on a rack ring driven by a small fan wheel.
You will find the mill in the village of Nebel on the island of Amrum in Schleswig-Holstein. The building is located on Maalenstegalk and is easy to reach by walking through the village.
The mill keeps its complete last working set of milling machinery: two pairs of millstones, a trieur, an aspiration machine and a bran sieve. A wind rose turns the cap into the wind on a toothed ring. The sails are fitted with louvred shutters, and the 2011 storm repairs gave them continuous steel stocks with aluminium slats.
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