The mill king
Almost all farmers used to have their own small windmill to grind grain. Kvarnkungen is a large mill, a so-called toll mill, which was operated by a miller in contrast to the farmers' household mills.
It is of the stump mill type where the entire mill house is turned around on an oak stump. The mill king was turned with a boom winch unlike the smaller windmills which could be turned by hand. Kvarnkungen was built at Sandås in Kalmar in 1749. At the end of the 1870s, the mill was dismantled and transported over to Öland. It was used until 1946.
Of the three mills that stand in Björnhovda next to road 136, Kvarnkungen is the one located furthest south. North of Kvarnkungen stands Drottningen, a customs mill of the Dutch model. Farthest north stands the Crown Prince.
All three mills are owned and maintained by Torslunda Hembygdsförening.
Text: alltpaoland.se
Of the three mills that stand in Björnhovda next to road 136, Kvarnkungen is the one located furthest south. North of Kvarnkungen stands Drottningen, a customs mill of the Dutch model. Farthest north stands the Crown Prince.
All three mills are owned and maintained by Torslunda Hembygdsförening.
Text: alltpaoland.se