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Sæby Vandmølle was built as a royal property in 1640. The watermill has had many owners. Elisabeth Bille was granted permission to charge a toll from everyone who used the bridge. Hans Severin Aabel is one of the more well-known names associated with Sæby Vandmølle.
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Sæby Vandmølle was built as a royal property in 1640. In 1646 Mandrup Brahe took over Sæbygård and the watermill was also assigned to him a few years later. After Mandrup's death, his widow sold the mill to Niels Juel, who also acquired Sæbygård in 1668.
Charged bridge toll
In 1682, when Holger Pachs and Elisabeth Bille took over Sæbygård, the watermill at Sæby Vandmølle returned to the hands of the king, although Elisabeth Bille bought the mill at an auction in 1703. She tried to sell the property again at an auction in 1716, although this proved to be unsuccessful. She was able to comfort herself with the fact that she was granted permission to charge a bridge toll from everyone who used the bridge - although not Sæby's own citizens. The money was used for repairs and other maintenance on the watermill.
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Hans Severin AabelIn 1747 Elisabeth Bille's descendant sold the mill to Mads Kristensøn. Since that time the water mill has had a succession of owners, including Hans Severin Aabel, who is one of the more well-known names associated with Sæby Vandmølle.
Hans Aabel was born in Norway, but when Norway lost its fleet during the war against England, he travelled to Sæby, where he became a miller. When he died in 1835, his son, Christian Aabel, took over and soon became a very wealthy man.
When the Germans occupied Sæby in 1864, he lost a great deal of his fortune, as he had to produce a lot of food for the Germans without receiving anything in return.
When Christian died, the mill passed into the hands of his son, Hans S. Aabel, who was a good businessman and the main reason why the spring at Sæby Jernkilde was discovered. After him, there were a handful of owners until the mill closed down in 1942.
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Tuesday, February 08 2011
The beautiful old timber-framed watermill is located close to the stream of Sæby Å.
Today the watermill is a private home and can only be seen from outside.
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