Kuremøllen is a wooden

smock mill The smock mill is a type of windmill that consists of a sloping, horizontally weatherboarded, thatched, or shingled tower, usually with six or eight sides. It is topped with a roof or cap that rotates to bring the sails into the wind. This t ...

located west of

Svaneke Svaneke (''Swencke'' in 1410, from old Danish ''swan'' swan and ''*wīka'' inlet) is a small town on the eastern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. It lies mainly in Svaneke parish and partly in Ibsker parish. It is Denmark's easte ...

on the Danish island of

Bornholm Bornholm () is a List of islands of Denmark, Danish island in the Baltic Sea, to the east of the rest of Denmark, south of Sweden, northeast of Germany and north of Poland. Strategically located, Bornholm has been fought over for centuries. I ...

. Built in 1861, it remained in service until 1960."Kuremøllen"
, Bornholms Museum. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

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Christian Sommer, the current owner's grandfather, built the windmill in 1861 for himself after having constructed nearby

Svanemøllen Svanemøllen (Swan Mill) is a wooden smock mill located just west of Svaneke on the Danish island of Bornholm. Built in 1857, it remained in service until the 1950s. Since 1960, it has been a listed building.yaw system The yaw system of wind turbines is the component responsible for the orientation of the wind turbine rotor towards the wind. History The task of orienting the rotor into the wind was a complicated issue already for historical windmills. The fir ...

with a

fantail Fantails are small insectivorous songbirds of the genus ''Rhipidura'' in the family Rhipiduridae, native to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent. Most of the species are about long, specialist aerial feeders, and named as "f ...

. In 1930 the engine was replaced and, in 1940, a new beam was installed together with new sails. From 1943, the mill was run by Christian Sommer who terminated its operation in the 1950s but continued to run the bakery until 1976. In 1978, the association, Kuremøllens Venner, was founded to take care of the mill's upkeep. They spent several years restoring the windmill, adding a new tail, repairing the shaft and the sails, and more recently recladding the tower and having the engine repaired. When the tarpaulin was renewed in 1993, it became clear that the mill had once a shingle cladding for a number of years, probably in the very beginning of the 20th century.

The mill today

The mill is open to visitors during the summer months."Åbningstider!
''Kuremølle''. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuremollen Bornholm Listed buildings and structures in Bornholm Windmills completed in 1861 Smock mills in Denmark 1861 establishments in Denmark Listed windmills in Denmark

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The mill today

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