Easter tour through the windmill

Easter tour through the windmill
Easter tour through the windmill

On Good Friday our windmill in Tündern opened its doors for a special Easter tour. In lovely spring weather, visitors from across the region came to discover the inner workings of the freshly restored mill.

Close-up of the sail construction with metal joints Visitors at the entrance of the windmill during the Easter tour

A look inside

Step by step, the tour led through the different floors of the mill. On the ground floor, visitors were greeted by the mighty millstones, from sandstone to runner stone and bedstone, which once ground grain into flour. Alongside them stood the wooden grain hopper and flour mixing machine, silent witnesses to a bygone era.

Interior of the mill with the Lower Saxony flag and flour mixing machine Historic millstones made of sandstone and runner stone The wooden grain hopper where grain was poured in Historic wooden machinery next to the brick masonry

The heart of the mill: the machinery

Higher up, the impressive gearing of the mill revealed itself. Massive cogwheels and crown wheels of wood and cast iron mesh together, a masterpiece of engineering from centuries past. Through the narrow windows, a unique view spread out over the rooftops of Tündern.

The cogwheel mechanism inside the windmill Close-up of the cast-iron crown wheel The large main gear assembly of the windmill Looking down through the floors of the mill Cogwheel framing the view of Tündern through the window A visitor next to the historic gearing of the mill

A wonderful Easter day

At the end of the tour, the illuminated “Windmühle” lettering glowed atmospherically on the upper floor. The Easter tour was a great success and showed once again how alive our mill has become after its restoration.

The Tündern Windmill seen from below Illuminated Windmühle lettering on the stone wall

We thank all visitors for their interest and look forward to the next tour!