Borken - Weseker Bockwindmühle 04
Weseke is a town in the western Münsterland and Borken district.
The post mill in Weseke was first built in Krippehna near Eilenburg in Saxony in 1848. This year the mill was built by miller Gottlob Freygang as a branch mill.
The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. Its defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single central vertical post. The vertical post is supported by four quarter bars. These are struts that steady the central post.
Since the complete mill was constructed of wood, it could be dismantled and rebuilt in another place. This was particularly important in wartime, but also because of the ever-increasing space requirements of cities due to population growth.
Many windmills, which had previously stood at a good wind field, became windless as the development nearby increased and took the wind away from the mills.
As a result, many mills were dismantled and rebuilt in more windy places, so the Wesek mill came via detours to the Münsterland.
Borken - Weseker Bockwindmühle 04
Weseke is a town in the western Münsterland and Borken district.
The post mill in Weseke was first built in Krippehna near Eilenburg in Saxony in 1848. This year the mill was built by miller Gottlob Freygang as a branch mill.
The post mill is the earliest type of European windmill. Its defining feature is that the whole body of the mill that houses the machinery is mounted on a single central vertical post. The vertical post is supported by four quarter bars. These are struts that steady the central post.
Since the complete mill was constructed of wood, it could be dismantled and rebuilt in another place. This was particularly important in wartime, but also because of the ever-increasing space requirements of cities due to population growth.
Many windmills, which had previously stood at a good wind field, became windless as the development nearby increased and took the wind away from the mills.
As a result, many mills were dismantled and rebuilt in more windy places, so the Wesek mill came via detours to the Münsterland.