Kuremøllen is a wooden
smock mill located west of
Svaneke
Svaneke (''Swencke'' in 1410, from old Danish ''swan'' swan and ''*wīka'' inlet) is a small town on the eastern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. It lies mainly in Svaneke parish and partly in Ibsker parish.
It is Denmark's east ...
on the
Danish island of
Bornholm
Bornholm () is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland.
Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. It has usually been ruled by ...
. Built in 1861, it remained in service until 1960.
["Kuremøllen"]
, Bornholms Museum. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
Description
Christian Sommer, the current owner's grandfather, built the windmill in 1861 for himself after having constructed nearby
Svanemøllen
Svanemøllen (Swan Mill) is a wooden smock mill located just west of Svaneke on the Danish island of Bornholm. Built in 1857, it remained in service until the 1950s. Since 1960, it has been a listed building.[yaw system
Yaw or yaws may refer to:
Measurement and technology Movement about the vertical axis
* Yaw angle (or yaw rotation), one of the angular degrees of freedom of any stiff body (for example a vehicle), describing rotation about the vertical axis
* ...]
with a
fantail. In 1930 the engine was replaced and, in 1940, a new beam was installed together with new sails. From 1943, the mill was run by Christian Sommer who terminated its operation in the 1950s but continued to run the bakery until 1976. In 1978, the association, Kuremøllens Venner, was founded to take care of the mill's upkeep.
[ They spent several years restoring the windmill, adding a new tail, repairing the shaft and the sails, and more recently recladding the tower and having the engine repaired. When the tarpaulin was renewed in 1993, it became clear that the mill had once a shingle cladding for a number of years, probably in the very beginning of the 20th century.
]
The mill today
The mill is open to visitors during the summer months."Åbningstider!
''Kuremølle''. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
See also
*
List of windmills on Bornholm
References
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Bornholm
Listed buildings and structures in Bornholm
Windmills completed in 1861
Smock mills in Denmark
1861 establishments in Denmark
Listed windmills in Denmark