Windmills in Estonia

Estonian language

Estonian	English
tuulik	windmill (normally implies a post mill)
tuulikud	plural - windmills
tuuliku	???
tuuleveski	windmill (normally implies a smock or tower mill)
pukktuulik	specifically a post mill
hollandi tuulik	alternative for smock or tower mill
tuulemootor	wind engine(?)
tuulegeneraatorid	wind turbine
vesiveski	watermill

Tallinn

The are 6 windmills (and one watermill) from throughout Estonia which have been moved to the Estonian Open Air Museum at Rocca Al Mare.

[Estonian Village Museum] [Estonian Open Air Museum] [photo] [photo]

Adavere

[phonecards] [phonecard]

Hiiumaa Island

[Harju] [Tuuleveski Saarnakil] [hand mill - Käsikivi Saarnaki laiul] [Suuremõisa veski - old photo] [photo] [Luidja] [photo] [photo]

Saaremaa Island

Angla

A row of 5 windmills (4 post mills, and a smock mill), from a location that once had 9 mills.

[all 5 mills] [Angla - 5 mills] [in Estonian] [in Estonian] [5 mills] [Angla] [Angla] [Angla] [pair of mills] [pair of mills] [pair of mills] [3 mills] [2 mills] [misty photo] [page 15 of this PDF file] [photo] [photo - smock mill] [vodka bottles] [vodka artwork] [smock mill] [post mills] [post mill]

Kuressaare

One of the few stone build mills on the island, now converted to a restaurant.

[night photo] [photo] [info - in Estonian] [photo]

Ninase

Pair of mills, converted to "mother" and "father" sculptures in folk costume. (Called Piret and Toll in Estonian).

[book cover - mother] [mother] [father] [mother] [book cover] [mother]

Mihkli farm museum

Replacement mill built in 2001 [Mihkli] [article in Estonian] [Mihkli farm museum]

Non specific

[photo] [beer bottle] [beer can] [logo] [info in Estonian] [Karjamaa] [Restoran Veski] [Palanga] [photos] [Saaremaa - in the search of windmills!] [Saaremaa] [photo] [advertising model] [article in Estonian] [listed building on Saaremaa]

Muhu

[Eemu windmill - Saaremaa Museum] [info] [info] [photo] [millstones] [post mill] [photo]

Tartu

[Estonian Museum of Agriculture]

Ormso island

[Ralby - reconstruction]

Tamsalu

[photo]

Unidentified and uncategorised locations

[tower mill] [tower mill] [post mill] [rooftop mill] [2 mills] [post mill] [tower mill] [On the road from Tallinn to Tartu] [post mill] [post mill] [smock mill] [post mill painting] [tower mill] [Viljandi - smock mill] [Seidla, Korvemaa] [Seidla, Korvemaa] [post mill] [post mill] [Pakalininskai]

Tahkuna - wind turbine

[details] [mention - in Estonian] [Geograpically Dispersed Wind Turbines on the West-Estonian Coast - PDF] [photo]

General Links

TIMS links nearly all broken last time I checked
Baltic windmill links from La Biblioteca del Tio Kinke
Flags of Maksa (Tartumaa, Estonia)
Wind energy
Hydro power in Estonia

Watermills

[Hellenurme] [Hellenurme] [photo of Kunagine and unnamed mill]

Bibliography

Maaehitised Eesti Vabaohu-Muuseumis Kataloog (Vernacular Architecture at the Estonian Open-air Museum), Juta Saron and Juri Irik, Tallin 1997, ISBN 0085 801 73 3
Vanad Eesti pukktuulid, V Fuchs, Tallinn 1971
Angla Tuulikute Aastasada, Anne Trei, Kurressaare 2000, ISBN 9985 60 767 8
Anglan Tuulimyllyjen Vuosisata, Anne Trei, Kurressaare 2000, ISBN 9985 60 768 6 (Finnish translation of above booklet)
Eesti Talurahvaarhitektur, Tallin 1974. Chapter 11 "Vesiveskid ja tuulikud" (Watermills and windmills).
Eesti Arhitektuur 1 - Tallinn, Tallinn 1993, ISBN 5 440 00358 4 - gazetteer contains entries for the 5 post mills at the open air museuem
Eesti Arhitektuur 2 - Saaremaa, Hiiumaa, Viljandimaa, Tallinn 1996, ISBN 5 440 01398 9 - entries for Saaremaa -> Kuressaare, Angla, Kuusnomme, Uuetala; Hiiumaa -> Pihla, Tubala, Ongu; Viljandimaa -> Uue Suislepa
Eesti Arhitektuur 3, Tallinn 1997, ISBN 9985 68 010 3 - entries for Moldri, Andja, Koisi
Eesti Arhitektuuri Ajalugu, Tallinn 1965 - includes 1 page of diagrams including post and smock mills, and photos of Angla and Louna-Eestis
Saaremaa, Anti Kuus, 1997, ISBN 9985 9121 0 1 - "This is a book about ancient and unique beauty of the island of Saaremaa, about windmills, churches and lighthouses, about the see, the land and the sky. The book contains photographs of the most impressive locations on the island, thus providing guidance of its own kind to the numerous guests visiting Saaremaa"
The Lighthouse Tour (Self guided tour of Hiiumaa by car or bike), Douglas Wells. 40 page booklet available from the tourist office. [Online version]
Lonely Planet: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania, Steve Kokker, Kate Galbraith, Lonely Planet Publications 2000, ISBN 086442678X - general guide to Estonia, with mention and photo of mills on Saaremaa
Purchase from [amazon.co.uk] [amazon.com]
Estonia, Neil Taylor, Bradt Travel Guides 2002, ISBN 1841620475 - general guide to Estonia, mentioning a number of mills, and has used a photo of a mill on the cover for most editions
Purchase from [amazon.co.uk] [amazon.com]
Saare Maakond - Tourist map, EOMap 2000, - indicates the location of a number of windmills on Saaremaa and Muhu

Last updated 10th June 2003