Berdum Windmill

Mill BerdumErdholländer on the groundEarth Dutchmen are not Dutch who live in caves. Because they have wings, wind wings! The East Frisian Berdum in Harlingerland has been a mill site since 1600. In that year a mill collapsed here, in 1623 another fell - it was destroyed in the Thirty Years' War. In 1782 the construction of a "squat mill" is documented for the first time, which was replaced in 1820 by the new construction of the thatched dutch with a codend, a stabilizing wing tail on the back, which still exists today. In this type of windmill, the blades reach to the ground. They're easier to maintain because they're ground-climbable, with the downside that when the wings are spinning and people are within reach, accidents can be more common.
Source: German Foundation for Monument Protection

The mill was closed, but still beautiful to look at. The tourist attraction has been restored in recent years.