Karlstrup Windmill

Karlstrup Windmill
Karlstrup Windmill in the Frilandsmuseet
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Mill nameKarlstrup Windmill
Mill locationKongens Lyngby, Denmark
Coordinates55°47′11.2″N 12°29′21.8″E / 55.786444°N 12.489389°E / 55.786444; 12.489389
Year built1662
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TypePost mill

The Karlstrup Windmill (Danish: Karlstrup Stubmølle) is a post mill in the Sorgenfri neighborhood of Kongens Lyngby in Denmark.[1]

Description

The three-storey post mill sits on a stump that allows the mill to rotate and capture wind. The windmill then power a millstone to produce flour.[2]

History

The Karlstrup Windmill was built in 1662 in Karlstrup, a village southwest of Copenhagen, in the Solrød Municipality and was rebuilt in 1793. The windmill primarily produced flour but was modified in 1798 to also peel barley. The mill had a local monopoly on milling flour within a two-mile radius of the mill until 1849, when the first Danish constitution abolished monopolies.[2][3] In 1921, the windmill was acquired by the Frilandsmuseet and moved to the open-air museum's grounds a year later.[4]

In 2011, the Karlstrup Windmill appeared on the eighth episode of The Amazing Race 19.[5]

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karlstrup Mølle.

List of windmills in Denmark

References

  1. ^ "FRILANDSMUSEET Kongens Lyngby, Denmark". Spotting History. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Karlstrup mølle, Sjælland" (in Danish). National Museum of Denmark. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  3. ^ "Karlstrup stump mill - postcard". National Museum of Denmark. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
  4. ^ Michelsen, Peter (1973). Frilands Museet: the Danish Museum Village at Sorgenfri A History of an Open-air Museum and Its Old Buildings. National Museum of Denmark. p. 120.
  5. ^ Beard, Lamford (November 24, 2011). "The Amazing Race recap: 'Super Shady (Copenhagen, Denmark)'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 22, 2019.