Here we have a fascinating photograph taken in June 1912. It features a horse-drawn plough outside an early post mill. The windmill was located in Hamersleben in the Quedlinburg area, north of the Harz mountains, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. The windmill is believed to have burnt down towards the end of the Second World War.
A scan of a 1912 private photograph of a windmill in the Quedlinburg area of Germany.
Groedersby windmill as featured on an old picture postcard posted in 1909.
Close to the German / Danish border, in the state of Schleswig-Holstein, in a small town called Grödersby, a rather splendid four-floor ‘Dutch’ windmill dating back to 1888 can be found.
The Mill in Grödersby seen from a distance on a grey day in November. Photo by Jens Ole Sendke.
Unfortunately as the mill is now a private residence there is currently no public access.
Grödersby on a map of north-west Europe.
It is though possible to rent a beautiful nearby little house called Mühlenholz, which used to belong to the owners of the mill, at a very reasonable rate. Full details of the cottage can be found here.
Bremen Mill Through Time
An old photograph of the mill in Bremen, Germany, c.1935.
Three images of the ‘Am Wall’ smock (Galerieholländer) mill in Wallanlagen Park, Bremen, north-west Germany.
A late 1960s photograph of the late 19th century windmill from the grounds of the Hillmann Cafe.
The mill dates back to 1898 and is built around an eight sided base, with the upper part steered by a wind vane. The four sails of the windmill are shuttered.
An aerial view of the Am Wall mill in Bremen. As can be seen the mill is located in the middle of a city park.
This fine example of a smock mill is now home to a restaurant and the mill itself open tourists every afternoon on payment of a small charge.
This month we have three old images of the ten or so windmills, which could once be found in the town of Rawitsch / Rawicz, of what is now Poland. At the time the photographs were taken the area was part of Prussia, Germany. Unfortunately, all the mills in the area are now no more.
A super looking windmill in Jakobsdorf (Jakubkowice), Silesia, c.1930. Click to enlarge image.
Today’s scan from our picture archive dates back to 1930 and features a windmill and farmworkers in the village of Jakobsdorf, in what was Silesia, Germany. In 1945, Jakobsdorf, was renamed Jakubkowice and became part of Poland. Alas, the windmill itself has long since disappeared.
A postcard mailed in 1930 of one of two mills in the small town of Vietz, Germany, now, Witnica, Poland.
The mill in Vietz, East Brandenburg, Germany. Since 1945, Witnica, Lubuskie, Poland.
Windmills in Boyadel, Silesia, Germany, c.1912.
An old postcard featuring two wonderful-looking windmills in Boyadel, Silesia, Germany.
More old photographs and vintage picture postcards of windmills in Germany.
A 1930s vintage multiview postcard from the twon of Brokdorf in Germany.
An old postcard showing a windmill in Brokdorf an der Elbe (on the river Elbe) in Germany.
More German Mills on old postcards.
An old postcard sent in 1903 from the village of Sylt, near Munkmarsch, Germany.
A new addition to our picture archive – an early image of a mill in Germany.
More old pictures of windmills in Germany.