Garlstorf windmill .28Harburg district.29 Lower Saxon Mill Road



garlstorf windmill


lower saxon mill road no. 37


the garlstorf windmill galerieholländer two-storey brick base , four-storey, narrow, slate-covered octagonal millhouse. erected in 1865 benecke brothers kirchgellersen. waisted shape of octagonal tower meant reduce wind eddies around sails , ensure better use of wind. mill operated herrmann benecke, underwent several changes of ownership. bought in 1920 mill owner, heinrich bornemann, luhmühlen, converted in 1924 motor mill , in 1934 made millhouse bigger. in 1964 mill operated 3 rollers , meal conveyor (schrotgang). thereafter changed hands several times , gradually closed down , converted residence. internal mill machinery removed. present owner has carried out extensive restoration , equipped mill sails , fantail again. current state of mill: cap covered wooden shingles , equipped additional gallery. 4 sails fixed. cast iron shaft head (wellenkopf), has been drilled through, indicates mill had spring sails. breastpiece (bruststück) , rods of present sails made of multilayered spars held steel clamps.








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