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Dutch windmill in Palczewo

Palczewo, gmina Ostaszewo, powiat nowodworski, woj. pomorskie

  • Curiosities & Technology
  • Windmills / Mills

Dutch windmill in Palczewo

A wooden-and-brick Dutch-type windmill built around 1800 in the eastern part of the village of Palczewo in the Vistula Fens (Żuławy Wiślane). It is the only preserved Dutch-type windmill in the Żuławy region that milled grain.

Construction

  • A regular octagon plan; the lower part built of brick, the upper storeys with half-timbered (framework) walls.
  • A rotating roof covered with shingles; a five-storey tower with preserved milling equipment.

History

  • It worked as a grain windmill until 1958.
  • In 1956 it was entered in the register of monuments (no. 38, decision of 17 February 1956).
  • In the 1960s it passed into private hands; the sails were not restored.

Practical information

Scope

  • Historic object, private property.
  • Can be viewed from the outside; access via a path through private land, no signage.

Seasonality and hours

No confirmed hours for access to the interior.

Getting there

A gravel road branching off the paved Palczewo - Ostaszewo road. Coordinates approx. 54.1684 N, 18.8728 E.

Source: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiatrak_holenderski_w_Palczewie ; https://zabytek.pl/en/obiekty/g-283486 ; https://petla-zulaw.pl/obiekty/zulawskie-wiatraki/549,wiatrak-w-palczewie.html

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