THE WINDMILLS OF SAAREMAA

This homepage gives an overview of the windmills on Saaremaa island (also known with its german name Oesel). In the past there existed over 1200 windmills on Saaremaa. These windmills were owned mainly by peasants. In Saaremaa exists 3 types of windmills - postmills, so-called windmills "with head" and dutch windmills. Nowadays there are still some windmills left on Saaremaa, but this looks only as a wreckage park compared to the great era of windmills - the time, when every respected peasant or farmer had his own windmill.