Sanssouci Windmill 1

There were once over 40 windmills in Potsdam that supplied the population and garrisons. Only one of them, the Historic Mill at Sanssouci Park, remained standin...
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There were once over 40 windmills in Potsdam that supplied the population and garrisons. Only one of them, the Historic Mill at Sanssouci Park, remained standing. As early as 1738, a post mill was put into operation for milling grain. Seven years later, in 1745, King Frederick II had his summer residence built not far from the mill. One could have assumed that the mill's rattling noise bothered the king during his rest, but it was rather the summer palace that took away the wind the mill needed for milling the grain, which obviously obstructed the miller´s work. The king was very fond of the mill and a legend has it that he paid the miller for his lost revenue. Many legends exist around the miller and the king, and it is said that the latter had often come to the defence of the miller. Between 1787 and 1791 the dilapidated post mill was replaced by a new windmill based on a Dutch design.
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