<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The aim of this text is to evaluate the distribution of windmills in Pomerania, an area which stretches from Gdańsk to Toruń, over the period of the nineteenth century. The basic research method was to analyse various maps from both the early nineteenth century and the late nineteenth century. The results made it possible to state that the total number windmills increased by a factor of three, and that this referred mainly to cereal mills. The number of <italic>vertical windmills</italic> with rotating caps increased at the beginning of the nineteenth century, but the number of drainage windmills remained unchanged. The very high demand for wind energy was a result of significant economic development within the Prussian partition in the second half of the nineteenth century. Cartographic sources allowed this phenomenon to be verified in the most complete way.</p></abstract>

The aim of this text is to evaluate the distribution of windmills in Pomerania, an area which stretches from Gdańsk to Toruń, over the period of the nineteenth century. The basic research method was to analyse various maps from both the early nineteenth century and the late nineteenth century. The results made it possible to state that the total number windmills increased by a factor of three, and that this referred mainly to cereal mills. The number of vertical windmills with rotating caps increased at the beginning of the nineteenth century, but the number of drainage windmills remained unchanged. The very high demand for wind energy was a result of significant economic development within the Prussian partition in the second half of the nineteenth century. Cartographic sources allowed this phenomenon to be verified in the most complete way.

Distribution and types of windmills in Pomerania across the 19th century in the light of cartographic sources

Miscellanea Geographica

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The aim of this text is to evaluate the distribution of windmills in Pomerania, an area which stretches from Gdańsk to Toruń, over the period of the nineteenth...

Distribution and types of windmills in Pomerania across the 19th century in the light of cartographic sources

Published Online: Jul 31, 2019

Page range: 137 - 143

Received: Nov 05, 2018

Accepted: Jan 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0010

Keywords
Cartography, Pomerania, natural energy source, molinology, windmills, drainage mills

© 2019 Maciej Prarat, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

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Distribution and types of windmills in Pomerania across the 19th century in the light of cartographic sources

Published Online: Jul 31, 2019

Page range: 137 - 143

Received: Nov 05, 2018

Accepted: Jan 04, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2019-0010

KeywordsCartography, Pomerania, natural energy source, molinology, windmills, drainage mills

© 2019 Maciej Prarat, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Figure 1

Figure 2

Figure 3

Figure 4

Keywords
Cartography, Pomerania, natural energy source, molinology, windmills, drainage mills