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List of windmills in Denmark

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This is a list of windmills in Denmark.

Bornholm

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See List of windmills on Bornholm

Funen and South Funen Archipelago

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Location Name of mill Type Built Notes Photograph
Aarup Aarup Mølle Smock
Faaborg Grubbe Mølle Smock
Faaborg Åstrup Mølle Tower
Faaborg Dorthebjerg Mølle 1879
Kerteminde Kerteminde Mølle Smock Windmill World
Langeland Tranekær Slotsmølle Smock 1846 Source
Odense Maderup Mølle, Den Fynske Landsby Smock 1832 Windmill World
Odense Lumby Mølle Smock 1820
Otterup Uggerslev Mølle Smock
Ulbølle Ulbølle Mølle Tower
Ærø Søby Mølle Smock
Ærø Vester Mølle Smock

Lolland-Falster and surrounding islands

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Location Name of mill Type Built Notes Photograph
Bogø Bogø Mølle Smock
Bogø Bogø Mølle Tower
Nakskov Kappel Mølle Post 1790
Majbølle Majbølle Mølle Post 1612[1] 1624[1]
Ejegod Ejegod Mølle Smock 1876
Majbølle Majbølle Mølle Post 1664[1] Demolished 1760[1]
Majbølle Majbølle Mølle Post 1760[1] Demolished 1895[1]
Majbølle Majbølle Mølle Smock 1896[2]
Nakskov Nakskov Mølle Post

Zealand

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Location Name of mill Type Built Notes Photograph
Agersø Agersø Mølle Smock 1892
Albertslund Røde Vejrmølle Smock Original mill burned down in 1973. Replaced with Fristrup Mill, a mill of similar appearance moved from Tølløse.
Christianshavn Lille Mølle Post 1669 Demolished 1783[3]
Christianshavn Lille Mølle Smock 1783 Demolished 1916, base converted to residential accommodation.[3]
Copenhagen Blown down 1847.[4]
Copenhagen Kastellet Mølle Smock 1847[4]
Dorthebjerg Dorthebjerg Mølle Smock
Nørre Jernløse Nørre Jernløse Windmill Smock
Faxe Blåbæk Mølle Smock
Hørsholm Hørsholm Windmill Smock 1890-1 The mill is now owned by Hørsholm Municipality and is open to the public on Saturdays in the summer.
Jægerspris Jægerspris Mølle Smock C. 1854
Kongens Lyngby Karlstrup Stubmølle
Frilandsmuseet 		Post 1662 Post mill, originally from Karlstrup, Zealand, now relocated to the Danish National Open Air Museum
Kongens Lyngby Laesø Stubmølle
Frilandsmuseet 		Post Post mill, originally from the island of Laesø, now relocated to the Danish National Open Air Museum as part of the Laesø Farm
Kongens Lyngby Fuglevad Mølle Post
Kongens Lyngby Fuglevad Vindmølle
Frilandsmuseet 		Smock 1832 Smock mill, the only building in the Danish National Open Air Museum still in its original location.

Windmill World

Lille Egbjerg Lille Egbjerg Mølle Smock Danish windmills
Lille Skensted Lille Mølle Smock Windmill World
Love Løve Windmill Smock Windmill World
Lumsås Lumsås Mølle Smock 1834 Danish Windmills
Melby Melby Windmill Smock 1876
Ramløse Ramløse Mølle Smock
Rørvig Rørvig Mølle Smock Danish windmills
Slagelse Mariendals Mølle Smock Mill is situated in an area of housing near to western ring road
Tibberup Tibberup Mølle Smock c. 1870 Now converted into a house and workshop.

Other

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Location Name of mill Type Built Notes Photograph
Aarhus Aarhus Mølle Post
Agernæs Agernæs Mølle Tower
Børglum Kloster Mølle Smock
Dybbøl Dybbøl Mølle Tower 1864[5]
Ebeltoft Ebeltoft Mølle Smock Panoramio
Em Em Mølle Smock
Fjerritslev Lyngmøllen Smock 1886
Grenaa Baunhøj Mølle Smock 1849
Gylling Gylling Mølle Smock
Hadsund Havnø Mølle Smock
Hjerl Hede Hjerl Hede Mølle Post
Højer Højer Mølle Smock
Jels Jels Mølle Tower
Kandestederne Kandestederne Mølle Smock 1850
Kerteminde Kerteminde Mølle Smock Windmill World
Kongens Lyngby Lyngby Mølle
Frilandsmuseet 		Smock Windmill World
Lille Egbjerg Lille Egbjerg Mølle Smock Danish windmills
Lille Skensted Lille Mølle Smock Windmill World
Lønstrup Lønstrup Mølle Smock
Majbølle Majbølle Mølle Post 1612[1] 1624[1]
Majbølle Majbølle Mølle Post 1664[1] Demolished 1760[1]
Majbølle Majbølle Mølle Post 1760[1] Demolished 1895[1]
Majbølle Majbølle Mølle Smock 1896[2]
Nakskov Nakskov Mølle Post
Nørre Jernløse Nørre Jernløse Mølle Smock
Nørre-Snede Nørre-Snede Mølle Smock 1848[6] Dismantled 1975, re-erected at Elk Horn, Iowa in 1976.[6]
Odense Landsby Mølle, Den Fynske Landsby Smock Windmill World
Odense Lumby Mølle Smock
Pandrup Klostergårds Mølle
Sindal Sindal Mølle Tower House conversion
Skagen Skagen Mølle Smock Windmill World
Sønderho Sønderho Mølle Smock
Ulbølle Ulbølle Mølle Tower
Ulsted Ulsted Mølle Smock
Vejle Vejle Mølle Tower
Vendsyssel Vennebjerg Mølle Smock

See also

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Notes

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Surviving mills are in bold. Known building dates are in bold text. Non-bold text denotes first known date.

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Windmills in Denmark.
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Stubmøllen" (in Danish). Majbølle Mølle. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Hollændermøllen" (in Danish). Majbølle Mølle. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 9 May 2010.
  3. ^ a b "Løvens Bastion" (in Danish). Christianshavns Lokalhistoriske Forening & Arkiv. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  4. ^ a b "Kastellet - A Copenhagen Fortress". Copenhagen Pictures. Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
  5. ^ Standing during the Battle of Dybbøl, 1864.
  6. ^ a b "Windmill History". The Danish Windmill. Retrieved 12 September 2009.
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