The Mill King
Almost all farmers used to have their own small windmill for grinding grain. The mill king is a large mill, a so-called customs mill, which was run by a miller, unlike the farmers' household mills.
It is of the stump mill type where the entire mill house is turned around on an oak stump. The mill king was turned around with a boom winch, unlike the smaller windmills that could be turned around by hand. The mill king was built at Sandås in Kalmar in 1749. At the end of the 1870s, the mill was dismantled and transported over to Öland. It was used until 1946.
Of the three mills that stand in Björnhovda next to road 136, the Mill King is the one that is furthest south. North of the Mill King is the Queen, a customs mill of the Dutch model. Furthest north is the Crown Prince.
All three mills are owned and maintained by Torslunda Hembygdsförening.
Text: alltpaoland.se
Of the three mills that stand in Björnhovda next to road 136, the Mill King is the one that is furthest south. North of the Mill King is the Queen, a customs mill of the Dutch model. Furthest north is the Crown Prince.
All three mills are owned and maintained by Torslunda Hembygdsförening.
Text: alltpaoland.se