Wendhausen Windmill

Wendhausen Windmill
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Origin
Mill nameWindmühle Wendhausen
Mill locationHauptstrasse 3, Wendhausen, Lehre
Coordinates52°18′58.464″N 10°37′57.849″E / 52.31624000°N 10.63273583°E / 52.31624000; 10.63273583
Operator(s)Verein zur Erhaltung und Förderung der Holländer-Windmühle Wendhausen eV
Year built1837
Information
PurposeFlour mill
TypeTower mill
StoreysFour storey tower
No. of sailsFive sails
Type of sailsPatent sails
WindshaftCast iron
WindingFantail

The Wendhausen Windmill (German: Windmühle Wendhausen) is a tower mill located in Wendhausen, a town within the municipality of Lehre, Lower Saxony, Germany. Built in 1837, it is the only five-sailed windmill in Germany still in operation.[1]

  1. ^ "Die fünfflügelige Holländer-Windmühle in Wendhausen erbaut 1837 (The Wendhausen five-wing Dutch windmill built in 1837)". Windmuehle-Wendhausen.com. Retrieved 12 July 2015.