From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lille Mølle, Christianshavn
Lille Mølle, Christianshavn
Lille Mølle, Christianshavn History
In 1612, Christian IV initiated an ambitious programme
for the fortification of Copenhagen. This included ram-
parts with five bastions, a canal and on the other side
some marshy land that was turned into Christianshavn.
Since a fortified city needed secure supplies, including
supplies of flour and rolled groats, in the event of siege,
numerous windmills were constructed on the bastions.[1]
Little Mill was the last windmill on the old ramparts
of Christianshavn. It is a Dutch smock mill erected in 1783
on one of the bastions, replacing a post mill built in 1669.
The same year a house for the miller was built in conjunc-
tion with the mill and in 1832 the complex was expanded
with a four-story steam mill. Together the two mills act-
ed as a grain mill, supplying the citizens of Copenhagen
with flour. At the end of the 19th century the mill cap was
dissembled and for a while the mill was used by the mili-
Origin tary for the storage of straw needed for some nearby bar-
racks both as fodder for the horses and bedding for the
Mill name Lille Mølle
soldiers whose mattreses needed an occasional refill.[1]
Mill Christianshavn, Denmark In 1909 the steam mill was put out of operation.[citation
location needed]
Coordinates 55°40′17″N 12°35′47″E / 55.671446°N In 1916, Little Mill was acquired by Ejnar Flach-Bun-
12.596251°E / 55.671446; degaard, a young engineer, who turned it into the private
12.596251Coordinates: 55°40′17″N 12°35′47″E home of himself and his wife as well as a small factory,
/ 55.671446°N 12.596251°E / 55.671446;
DIAF - Dansk Instrument og apparatfabrik (English: Danish
12.596251
Instrument and Device Factory). Mr. and Mrs. Flach-Bun-
Year built 1783 degaard made their highly eclectic home in the five
Information
storey octagonal mill base. The factory was located in the
steam mill and a warehouse that has now been demol-
Purpose Corn mill ished on the other side of Christianshavn Voldgade.[cita-
tion needed]
Type Smock mill
Base Three storey base
storeys The museum today
Smock Eight sides Ejnar Flach-Bundegaard died in 1949 and his widow in
sides 1974. Shortly before her death, she donated Little Mill
Year lost 1909 to the Danish National Museum, and today everything
stands exactly as it did when the couple were alive.[citation
needed]
Lille Mølle (English: Little Mill) is a historic house muse-
um in the Christianshavn neighbourhood of Copenhagen, Despite not being a typical home, Little Mill is in some
Denmark. It is a former wind mill that was turned into a ways characteristic of its period, being furnished in a na-
private home in 1916. Everything is left exactly as it stood tional romantic yet uniquely personal style[2]
when the house was still lived in and the home is in the
same time highly eclectic and typical of its period. References
[1] ^ "Løvens Bastion [The rampart of the Lion]" (in
Danish). Christianshavns Lokalarkiv -.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lille Mølle, Christianshavn
http://www.chrarkiv.dk/
index.php?id=34&lang=dk. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
External links
[2] "Møllefakta [Mill facts]" (in Danish). • Series of pictures of the interior of Lille Mølle -
Nationalmuseet -. http://www.nationalmuseet.dk/ National Museum of Denmark
sw69946.asp. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
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Categories:
• Museums in Copenhagen
• Historic house museums in Denmark
• Smock mills
• Grinding mills
• Agricultural buildings
• Windmills in Denmark
• Buildings and structures completed in 1783
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