# Torkilstrup Windmill > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Torkilstrup_Windmill > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Torkilstrup_Windmill.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torkilstrup_Windmill > Source revision: 1270984669 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Post mill on the Danish island of Falster Torkilstrup Windmill **Torkilstrup Windmill** ([Danish](/source/Danish_language): *Torkilstrup Mølle*) is a [post mill](/source/Post_mill) south of the village of [Torkilstrup](/source/Torkilstrup) on the [Danish](/source/Denmark) island of [Falster](/source/Falster). Dating from 1743, it is one of the country's few [post mills](/source/Post_mill) which still stand on their original site.[1] It was listed in the [Danish registry of protected buildings and places](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Guldborgsund_Municipality) in 1959. ## History Standing on a hill to the south of the village, the grain mill dates back to c. 1650. Hans Mortensen acquired it in 1726, operating it for the next 44 years. In 1743, he rebuilt the mill, recording the date on an interior beam around a heart containing his initials (HMSM) together with those of his wife (AMPD) Anna Margrethe Pedersdatter. Mortensen must have been a thrifty individual. On his death at the age of 65, in addition to a chiming clock, an iron stove, a [four-poster bed](/source/Four-poster_bed), a Bible and a German prayerbook, he left an amount of over 793 [rigsdaler](/source/Danish_rigsdaler), an exceptionally high amount of money for a farmer of his day. The mill remained in operation until 1945.[1][2] The mill was listed in the [Danish registry of protected buildings and places](/source/Listed_buildings_in_Guldborgsund_Municipality) in 1959.[3] It was restored in 1993 in connection with its 250th anniversary.[4] Since 2003, the mill has been under the ownership of [Guldborgsund municipality](/source/Guldborgsund_municipality),[1] the authority charged with its preservation.[5] ## Design The rectangular mill stands on a [fieldstone](/source/Fieldstone) foundation. The wooden body of the mill is faced with [shingles](/source/Roof_shingle). The boat-shaped roof is also covered with shingles. It has latticed vanes with a span of 60 feet (18 m), designed to be covered with sailcloth. The mill can be rotated by means of a manually operated [yaw](/source/Yaw_system).[1] For a period, a bakery was attached to the mill. The workings of the mill have been preserved and include grinders, an oat roller, a drum sieve, a cap wheel, a crown drive and a vane shaft.[3] ## Access Equipped with tables and benches for picnics, the area around the mill can be freely accessed. The mill itself is open to visitors on [Ascension Day](/source/Ascension_Day) from 10 am to noon, on the third Sunday in June (Danish mill day) from 10 am to 2 pm, and on the day the [harvest festival](/source/Harvest_festival) is celebrated in [Torkilstrup Church](/source/Torkilstrup_Church). It can also be visited by appointment.[4] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-markivet_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-markivet_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-markivet_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-markivet_1-3) ["Torkilstrup Mølle, Torkilstrupvej 10 A, 4863 Eskilstrup. Guldborgsund Kom."](http://www.moellearkivet.dk/sandager-mlle-siden-er-ikke-oprettet32), Møllearkivet.dk. (in Danish) Retrieved 14 December 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Torkilstrup Mølle"](http://www.moellerpaalf.dk/index.html?torkilst), Møller på Lolland-Falster. (in Danish) Retrieved 14 December 2012. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-fredning_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-fredning_3-1) ["Fredningssag: Torkilstrup Mølle"](https://www.kulturarv.dk/fbb/sagvis.pub;jsessionid=B2348FBDA461014472F0449739D06161?sag=10151068), Kulturarv.dk. (in Danish) Retrieved 14 December 2012. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-visitlf_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-visitlf_4-1) ["Torkilstrup Mølle"](http://www.visitlolland-falster.com/danmark/da-dk/menu/turist/oplevelser/attraktioner/bygningsvaerker/produktside/gdk000236/torkilstrup-moelle.htm?CallerUrl=1), Lolland-Falster. (in Danish) Retrieved 14 December 2012. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Olsen2010_5-0)** Olsen, Soren (2010). [*Danmark - 4.000 oplevelser - historie/kultur/natur*](https://books.google.com/books?id=enpsZFbB6CwC&pg=PA498) (in Danish). Gyldendal A/S. pp. 498–. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-87-02-07737-7](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-02-07737-7). Retrieved 14 December 2012. v t e Falster, Denmark Towns and villages Aastrup Eskilstrup Gedser Guldborg Hasselø Plantage Horbelev Idestrup Marielyst Nordbyen Nørre Alslev Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Strandhuse Orehoved Ønslev Øster Kippinge Sønder Vedby Skovhuse Stubbekøbing Systofte Skovby Tingsted Torkilstrup Væggerløse Localities Hesnæs Kraghave Virket Culture and attractions Czarens Hus (Nykøbing's city museum) Danmarks Traktormuseum Falster Crocodile Zoo Guldborgsund Zoo Middelaldercentret Churches Aastrup Church Abbey Church, Nykøbing Brarup Church Eskilstrup Church Gedser Church Nørre Alslev Church Stubbekøbing Church Tingsted Church Torkilstrup Church Væggerløse Church Manor houses Corselitze Gammel Kirstineberg Gjedsergaard Orupgaard Valnæsgård Vennerslund Other landmarks Bøtø Nor Pumping Station Ejegod Windmill Generalens Lysthus Gåbense Færgegård Karleby Rectory Nykøbing Latin School Orehoved Lighthouse Torkilstrup Windmill Torkilstrup Rectory Geography Corselitze Forest Gedser Odde Grønsund Guldborgsund Kalvø Storstrømmen History 1872 Baltic Sea flood Falsters Virke Jørgen Ringnis Mecklenburg Ancestral Table Nykøbing Castle Siege of Nykøbing Johan Frederik Classen Transport E47 Farø Bridges Frederick IX Bridge Gedser Station Guldborgsund Bridge Nykøbing Falster railway station Scandlines South Line Storstrøm Bridge Other Diocese of Lolland–Falster Guldborgsund Municipality Det Classenske Fideicommis v t e Windmills in Denmark Aakirkeby Aarhus Aarsdale Aarup Ærø Agernæs Bogø (smock mill tower mill) Børglum Christianshavn Copenhagen Dorthebjerg Dybbøl Ebeltoft Em Faaborg (Åstrup Mølle Grubbe Mølle) Faxe Fuglevad Gudhjem Gylling Havsund Hjerl Hede Højer Hørsholm Jels Kerteminde Kongens Lyngby (post mill smock mill) Lille Egbjerg Lille Skensted Lønstrup Løve Lumsås Majbølle Melby Nørre Jernløse Odense (Landsby Mølle Lumby Mølle) Otterup Ramløse Rørvig Sindal Skagan Søby Sønderho Tibberup Ulbølle Ulsted Vejle Vendsyssel See also: List of windmills [54°52′07″N 11°55′47″E / 54.86861°N 11.92972°E / 54.86861; 11.92972](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Torkilstrup_Windmill¶ms=54_52_07_N_11_55_47_E_) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Torkilstrup Windmill](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torkilstrup_Windmill) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torkilstrup_Windmill?action=history)). 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