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KRUSMOELLE is thought to have been founded by duke Hans the Older (1521-1580) - in danish "Hans den Ældre". It was later owned by the duke of Gottorp, and in 1713 it was transferred to the King. The mill was given in tenancy to the miller that was running it. As all mills in the duchy Slesvig, at that time, Krusmoelle had its regular clientele of farmers, that needed their crop grounded on this particular mill. The forced visitors of the mill at Krusmoelle was farmers and smallholders from Felsted, Varnæs, Ensted, Uge and Rinkenæs parishes. This forceful choice of Mill excisted until 1853. Until the middle of the 1800's, besides from the grain mill Krusmoelle also had a full mill, that was fulling cotton fabrics. From 1852 to 1877 there was also distillery on the property. The distiller’s wash was used as feed for bulls during fattening. About 1912 an electricity works was fitted into the mill building. Through water power electricity was produced for the supply of various farms in the area - with electricity for light and power. The electric plant was shut down, when a centralized high-voltage power station for the southern part of Jylland was established in 1923. In 1877 Krusmoelle was ravaged by a fire, which laid down the main house, stable, barn and distillery in ashes. Nine years later the old studwork mill house burned down. With the exception of the distillery the buildings were quickly re-established - in the shape and form that you see today, with the exception of a few modifications and extensions. Originally there was no farmland connected to Krusmoelle. Around the year 1800, the miller at that time, Sønnichsen, bought a lot of land, and more was later added. The mill lost its meaning between the two World Wars, since the farmers started milling their own crop, which the electrical power made possible. In 1972 the mill pond and the mill building was subdivided from the farm building. The farm building with the main house, agricultural buildings and land was in 1986 acquired by Henrik and Nina Loff. The buildings are used for a shop, café, deli, gallery, ceramics, glass, dining rooms and a candle factory. |