Maderup Mølle is a

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originally built in Maderup, about south-west of

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, on the island of

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. It was constructed in 1832 and operated as a grain mill until the mid-1930s.The building was dismantled in 1941 and moved to

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, an museum in

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, where it now stands. The windmill is built to an octagonal design. The upper part is

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-thatched, and the cap is thatched with straw.

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