Wendhausen Windmill | |
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Origin | |
Mill name | Windmühle Wendhausen |
Mill location | Hauptstrasse 3, Wendhausen, Lehre |
Coordinates | 52°18′58.464″N 10°37′57.849″E / 52.31624000°N 10.63273583°E |
Operator(s) | Verein zur Erhaltung und Förderung der Holländer-Windmühle Wendhausen eV |
Year built | 1837 |
Information | |
Purpose | Flour mill |
Type | Tower mill |
Storeys | Four storey tower |
No. of sails | Five sails |
Type of sails | Patent sails |
Windshaft | Cast iron |
Winding | Fantail |
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]