Not much of the former city wall of Orsoy (municipality of Rheinberg, Lower Rhine, Wesel district) remains “representative” – except for the powder tower from around 1550, also known as the mill tower, as it was also the tower of a windmill from the 17th century until 1865.
(October 2025)
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The three-storey Dutch Gallery Wildmill in Pewsum (municipality of Krummhörn, district of Aurich, East Frisia/Lower Saxony) was built in 1843, after a mill had already stood here. Today it houses a mill museum.
(September 2024)
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The post mill from Titz-Spiel (district of Düren) in the open-air museum in Kommern/ Eifel (town of Mechernich/ district of Euskirchen).
(June 2022)
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The post mill from Titz-Spiel in the open-air museum in Kommern/ Eifel (town of Mechernich/ district of Euskirchen). Such mills can be turned as a whole depending on the need (wind).
(June 2022)
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A post mill in Titz-Spiel was first mentioned in 1711. Since 1959 it has been in the open-air museum in Kommern/ Eifel (town of Mechernich/ district of Euskirchen)
(June 2022)
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