Karlstrup Windmill

Karlstrup Windmill
Karlstrup Windmill in the Frilandsmuseet
Origin
Mill name	Karlstrup Windmill
Mill location	Kongens Lyngby, Denmark
Coordinates	55°47′11.2″N 12°29′21.8″E
Year built	1662
Information
Type	Post mill

The Karlstrup Windmill (Danish: Karlstrup Stubmølle) is a post mill in the Sorgenfri neighborhood of Kongens Lyngby in Denmark.^[1]

Description

The three-storey post mill sits on a stump that allows the mill to rotate and capture wind. The windmill then power a millstone to produce flour.^[2]

History

The Karlstrup Windmill was built in 1662 in Karlstrup, a village southwest of Copenhagen, in the Solrød Municipality and was rebuilt in 1793. The windmill primarily produced flour but was modified in 1798 to also peel barley. The mill had a local monopoly on milling flour within a two-mile radius of the mill until 1849, when the first Danish constitution abolished monopolies.^[2][3] In 1921, the windmill was acquired by the Frilandsmuseet and moved to the open-air museum's grounds a year later.^[4]

In popular culture

In 2011, the Karlstrup Windmill appeared on the eighth episode of The Amazing Race 19.^[5]

See also

List of windmills in Denmark

References

1. "FRILANDSMUSEET Kongens Lyngby, Denmark". Spotting History. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
2. "Karlstrup mølle, Sjælland" (in Danish). National Museum of Denmark. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
3. "Karlstrup stump mill - postcard". National Museum of Denmark. Retrieved April 22, 2019.
4. Michelsen, Peter (1973). Frilands Museet: the Danish Museum Village at Sorgenfri A History of an Open-air Museum and Its Old Buildings. National Museum of Denmark. p. 120.
5. Beard, Lamford (November 24, 2011). "The Amazing Race recap: 'Super Shady (Copenhagen, Denmark)'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 22, 2019.