The Danish Windmill - Elk Horn,IA
Posted by: YoSam.
N 41° 35.371 W 095° 03.634
15T E 328251 N 4606252
The postcard is Christmas time, my photo in the summer...
Waymark Code: WM11C0K
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 09/24/2019
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County of museum: Shelby County
Location of museum: Main St. (IA-173) & Elm St., Elk Horn
Phone: (712) 764-7472
Postcard Text:
[Front]:
MERRY CHRISTMAS
HAPPY NEW YARD
Gӕdelig Jul og
Godt Nytår!
Danish Windmill
[Back]:
Danish Windmill
Elk Horn, Iowa
This 60 ft. windmill, built in Denmark in 1848, was dismantled, shipped to Elk Horn, Iowa, and rebuilt in 1976 by community volunteers to honor the areas Danish heritage.
The Danish Windmill Museum is for all people interested in Denmark, Danish Customs, Scandinavian traditions and, of course, windmills. Elk Horn's Danish Windmill is America's only authentic working Danish Windmill. The Mill, originally built in Norre Snede, Denmark in 1848, was brought to the United States in November 1975 and rebuilt in Elk Horn by community volunteers in 1976. The Danish Windmill Corporation's members are dedicated to preserving and bringing the Mill to life to stand as a valuable historical resource and a tribute to America's rural cultural ethnic heritage. Please stop in and take a tour of our special Mill and browse a bit--you will enjoy it! While at the mill, visit the new VikingHjem depicting the life of a Viking Smithy in 900 A.D." ~ The Danish Windmill Museum