List of windmills in Lower Saxony
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A list of windmills in the German state of Lower Saxony.
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| Location
! Name of mill ! Type ! Built !class="unsortable"|Notes !class="unsortable"|Photograph |
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| Ebergötzen
| Moved from Mollenfelde.{{cite web |url=http://www.brotmuseum.de/bockwind.php |title=Die Bockwindmühle |publisher=Europäisches Brotmuseum |language=German |accessdate=12 August 2015}} | 150px |
| Edewecht
| Kokermühle | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved to Museumsdorf Cloppenburg – Niedersächsisches Freilichtmuseum in 1956. |
| Edewecht
| | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Base remains, converted to silo.{{cite web |url=http://windmuehlen-wassermuehlen.weebly.com/edewecht1.html |title=Ederwecht |publisher=Windmühlen-wassermühlen |accessdate=6 August 2015}} |
| Edewecht
| Oltmanns Mühle | 150px |
| Edewecht
| First mill on site of Westerscheps Mühle | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down in 1827.{{cite web |url=http://www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=419 |title=Mühle Kruse-Deeken |publisher=Niedersächsische Mühlenstraße |language=German |accessdate=12 August 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084047/http://www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=419 |url-status=dead }} |
| Edewecht
| Second mill on site of Westerscheps Mühle | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Struck by lightning and burnt down in 1879. |
| Edewecht
| Westerscheps Mühle, | 150px |
| Elsdorf
| | | House conversion. | 150px |
| Emden
| Barckmühle auf der Schuhmacherwarf | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Built in the early 1600s, standing in 1649. It was a bark mill. |
| Emden
| Buyten den Nyen Porte | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Standing in 1558 and again in 1613. |
| Emden
| De Zäge Molen op de Bummert | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Was standing in 1675. Later replaced by Concordia. |
| Emden
| Concordia | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Worked until December 1941. Subsequently, severely damaged during air raids on Emden. Dismantled March–June 1946. |
| Emden
| Eintracht | | 1871 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Worked by wind until December 1932, when an engine was installed. |
| Emden
| Gelben Mühlenzwinger | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Stood on the site of the Olde Stadtmoele. Standing in 1799 but gone by 1820. |
| Emden
| De Goede Verwagtung | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Replaced De Kleine Mühle. Burnt down 21 October 1887. The base survived. |
| Emden
| De Goede Verwagtung | 1888 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Built on the surviving base of the previous mill. Worked by wind until 1912 then by steam engine. Destroyed in an air raid on 6 September 1944. Base survived, but was demolished in April 1955. |
| Emden
| De Grote Molen | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Built between 1599 and 1615. Standing in 1799 but gone by 1806. |
| Emden
| De Groote Pelmolen | |
| Emden
| De Groote Pelmolen | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Struck by lightning and burnt down 10 August 1868. |
| Emden
| Grützmühlen in der Kranstraß | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1651 and 1687. There were at least two mills, but they may have been horse mills or treadmills. |
| Emden
| Harmonie | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill. Demolished in 1937. |
| Emden
| De Hoop | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A saw mill, it burnt down on 7 August 1833. |
| Emden
| De Hoop | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A saw mill, it burnt down on 15 July 1857. |
| Emden
| De Kleine Mühle | 1533 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 1 December 1810. Replaced by De Goede Verwagting. |
| Emden
| Windmühle beim Anwesen Hinrichs, Marienwehr, Kleines Meerhaus | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A small grain mill, moved here from an unrecorded location where it had been a drainage mill. Demolished in 1940. |
| Emden
| Ligt en Spys | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| An oil mill. Demolished i 1896. |
| Emden
| De Moele by Tyen Thorn | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Standing between 1559 and 1601. |
| Emden
| Mühle in dem Breiten Gang | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| This mill was sold in 1563. |
| Emden
| Mühle vor der Burgh | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Mentioned in a document of 1431 as standing "vor der Burgh". Site possibly that later occupied by the Larrelter Mühle or De Goede Verwachting.{{cite web |url=http://www.emdermuehlenverein.de/text_emder_muehlen/emder_muehlengeschichte.pdf |title=Emden Mühlengeschichte |publisher=Emder Mühlenverein |language=German |accessdate=12 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924000009/http://www.emdermuehlenverein.de/text_emder_muehlen/emder_muehlengeschichte.pdf |archive-date=24 September 2015 |url-status=dead }} |
| Emden
| Mühle beim Herrentor | | Late C16th | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Built between 1595 and 1599. Was a pearl barley mill. Burnt down in 1808. |
| Emden
| Die Windmühlen in der Herrlichkeit Pektum | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1662 and 1792. |
| Emden
| Die Holländermühle am Heerweg | 1796 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished in 1955. |
| Emden
| Naarstigheid | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| First mentioned in 1964, this saw mill was blown down on 1 June 1913. |
| Emden
| Die Mühle außerhalb der Norder Pforte | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1599 Not mentionee after 1628. Was a leather mill. |
| Emden
| Olde Stadtmoele up dem Bonnes | | |
| Emden
| Olmühle up der Neyestadt | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| An oil mill, it was standing in 1564 and 1567. |
| Emden
| Die Pulvermühle auf Faldern | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|A gunpowder mill, Standing in 1573, not mentioned after 1582. |
| Emden
| Remmers | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill, working until late 1930s. |
| Emden
| Roede Molen | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Demolished c.1810. |
| Emden
| Rote Mühle | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 20 November 1822. |
| Emden
| Rote Mühle | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 1 November 1913. Base survived and was temporarily used as an engine driven mill. |
| Emden
| Rote Mühle | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Burnt down 16 August 1916. The base survived and was roofed over. The mill was not immediately rebuilt due to a shortage of materials cause by the First World War. |
| Emden
| Rote Mühle | Demolished in 1946. The base survives in use as a kindergarten.{{cite web |url=http://emden.reformiert.de/kindergarten-rote-muehle.html |title=Der Kindergarten Rote Mühle |publisher=Reformiert |language=German |accessdate=12 August 2015}} | 150px |
| Emden
| Rote Scheune | | |
| Emden
| Sägemühle am Bollwerk | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A saw mill, it was standing in 1665. |
| Emden
| Sägermühle im Petkumer Hammrich | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A water pumping mill, was also used as a saw mill in the 1850s and 1860s. Sails blown off on 1 April 1931, mill demolished that autumn. |
| Emden
| Sedan | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill, sold for demolition in January 1935. |
| Emden
| Die Senf- und Schocoladen Mühle am Beckhofstore | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Described as "recently built" in 1808. Standing in 1825 but demolished by 1852. |
| Emden
| Die Tholenschen Ölmühlen am Trekweg. | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Built between 1670 and 1717. Standing in 1807. |
| Emden
| | 1814 | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Moved from the Netherlands. Burnt down 23 April 1875. |
| Emden
| Uphuser Mühle | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing by 1595, not mentioned after 1703. |
| Emden
| Vrouw Johanna | Worked until 1956. Restored in 1982 and 1997–2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.emdermuehlenverein.de/texte/johanna_muehle_emden_2010.pdf |title=Die Mühle "De Vrouw Johanna", Emden |publisher=Emder Mühlenverein e.V |language=German |accessdate=12 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924000113/http://www.emdermuehlenverein.de/texte/johanna_muehle_emden_2010.pdf |archivedate=24 September 2015 }} | 150px |
| Emden
| Vullmolen buten Boltentor | | Late C16th | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing in 1593, not mentioned after 1663. |
| Emden
| De Weite Mühlen | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Destroyed in a storm in 1703. |
| Emden
| De Weite Mühlen |
| Emden
| Weizenmühle | Worked by wind until damaged during the Second World War. Base only remains. | 150px |
| Emden
| Wurps | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill on the Stinkende Riede. Demolished February 1948. |
| Emden
| Zeldenrust | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A saw mill built between 1670 and 1717. Demolished in 1867. |
| Emden
| Zeldenrüst | A corn mill, worked by wind until 1942, then by engine until 1962. Smock demolished in 1975. Base survives as a house conversion. | 150px |
| Emden
| Die Windmühle des Zimmermeisters | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A small saw mill, the building it stood on was converted to a house in 1935. Last remains of the windmill were cleared in 1954. |
| Emden
| Zwernmeulen in der Osterstraße | | |
| Emden
| | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Standing in 1449. Mentioned in a dowry of 1553. |
| Emden
| | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill, working until late 1930s. |
| Emden
| | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill on the Niederemsischen Dyk. Demolished post World War II, brick base survived into 1950s. |
| Emden
| | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill on the Uphuser Meer. Demolished in 1930. |
| Emden
| | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill, stood to the north of the Fehntjer Tief. |
| Emden
| | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill. Demolished in 1935. |
| Emsbühren
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| Emsbühren
| Enkings Mühle | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Worked by wind until late 1920s, then by electric motor. Restored 2002.{{cite web |url=http://www.enking.de/index.php/muehle |title=Unsere Mühle |publisher=Enking |language=German |accessdate=15 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150814072446/http://www.enking.de/index.php/muehle |archive-date=14 August 2015 |url-status=dead }} |
| Emtinghausen
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| Emtinghausen
| | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Struck by lightning and burnt down on 26 July 1679. |
| Emtinghausen
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| Emtinghausen
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| Emtinghausen
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| Engeln
| Behlmer Mühle | Worked until 1968, restored 1988–91.{{cite web |url=http://www.bruchhausen-vilsen.de/tourismus-luftkurort/tourismus-und-freizeit/sehenswuerdigkeiten/muehlen/behlmer-muehle.html |title=Behlmer Mühle |publisher=Bruchhausen-Vilsen |language=German |accessdate=15 August 2015}} | 150px |
| Eschede
| | Worked by wind until 1925, then by diesel engine. Restored in 1980s.{{cite web |url=http://www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=96 |title=Flohrmühle Eschede |publisher=Niedersächsische Mühlenstraße |language=German |accessdate=15 August 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115759/http://www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=96 |url-status=dead }} | 150px |
| Esens
| Mill on site of Peldemühle | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A pearl barley mill. Permission granted in 1722 for a replacement. Demolished c.1850. |
| Esens
| Peldemühle | Cap and sails removed in 1945, worked by engine until 1960s. Restored 1986–89.{{cite web |url=http://www.nordsee-esens-bensersiel.de/muehlen/ |title=Die Peldemühle in Esens |publisher=Nordsee-Esens-Bensersiel |language=German |accessdate=15 August 2015}} | 150px |
| Essen
| Diekmanns Mühle | 150px |
| Essern
| | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Dismantled 1966, moved to Museumsdorf Cloppenburg – Niedersächsisches Freilichtmuseum. |
| Etelsen
| Jan Wind | Worked by wind until 1928, then by diesel engine. Restored 1993–99.{{cite web |url=http://www.touristik-langwedel.de/?page_id=239 |title=Mühle 'Jan Wind' |publisher=Touristik -verein Langwedel |language=German |accessdate=15 August 2015}} | 150px |
| Evern
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| Eydelstedt
| | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Base remains.{{cite web |url=http://windmuehlen-wassermuehlen.weebly.com/eydelstedt.html |title=Eydelstedt |publisher=Windmühlen-wassermühlen |accessdate=9 August 2015}} |
| Eyendorf
| | Restored 1952-53 and worked commercially until 1988. Further restoration in 1972-78 and 2000.{{cite web |url=http://eyendorf.de/muehle/seiten/geschichte.php |title=Geschichtliches zur Eyendorfer Windmühle |publisher=Eyendorfer Windmühle |language=German |accessdate=15 August 2015 |archive-date=11 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150611100825/http://eyendorf.de/muehle/seiten/geschichte.php |url-status=dead }} | 150px |
| Eystrup
| | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Standing by 1840, struck by lightning and burnt down in 1861. |
| Eystrup
| Margarethe | Worked commercially until 1960s. Restored in 1982–83, 1993 and 1997.{{cite web |url=http://www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=136 |title=Windmühle "Margarethe" in Eystrup |publisher=Niedersächsische Mühlenstraße |language=German |accessdate=15 August 2015 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304115722/http://www.niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=136 |url-status=dead }} | 150px |
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| Idafehn
| Idafehntjer Mühle | Restored 1999–2000.{{cite web |url=http://www.idafehn.de/index.php/die-muehle/geschichte |title=Geschichte |publisher=Stadt Idafehn |language=German |accessdate=18 August 2015}} | 150px |
| Ihlowerfehn
| Berta, | 1870 | 150px |
| Ilten
| | | House conversion. | 150px |
| Isernhagen
| | | Demolished 1958 | 150px |
| Isernhagen
| | | House conversion | 150px |
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| Padingbüttel
| | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Derelict.{{cite web |url=http://windmuehlen-wassermuehlen.weebly.com/padingbuumlttel.html |title=Padingbüttel |publisher=Windmühlen-wassermühlen |accessdate=9 August 2015 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
| Papenburg
| Meyers Müehle | 150px |
| Papenburg
| | 150px |
| Peine
| Töpfers Mühle | | | 150px |
| Pewsum
| Pewsumer Mühle | 150px |
| Pewsum
| | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Base only.{{cite web |url=http://windmuehlen-wassermuehlen.weebly.com/pewsum1.html |title=Pewsum |publisher=Windmühlen-wassermühlen |accessdate=7 August 2015}} |
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| Gusborn-Quickborn
| Quickborner Mühle | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|Destroyed during the Thirty Years' War. |
| Gusborn-Quickborn
| Quickborner Mühle | 150px |
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| Tannenhausen
| | Moved from Buttförde. Restored 1993–94.{{cite web |url=http://www.ostfriesland-info.de/aurichtannenhausen-21_4.html |title= Informationen über die "Meints Mühle" in Aurich-Tannenhausen |publisher=Ostfriesland |language=German |accessdate=20 August 2015}} | 150px |
| Tappenbeck
| | | | 150px |
| Tweelbäke
| | | | 150px |
| Twixlum
| | | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| A drainage mill with a scoopwheel. |
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| Varel
| Grode Möhl | Working until 1965. Restored in the 1970s.{{cite web |url=http://www.heimatvereinvarel.de/muehle.htm |title=Vareler Mühle |publisher=Heimatverein Varel |language=German |accessdate=20 August 2015}} | 150px |
| Varel
| | | colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Base only, house conversion.{{cite web |url=http://windmuehlen-wassermuehlen.weebly.com/varel.html |title=Varel |publisher=Windmühlen-wassermühlen |accessdate=9 August 2015}} |
| Vöhrum
| | | House conversion | 150px |
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