Lyngby Søndre Mølle

Lyngby Søndre Mølle, literally Lyngby Southern Mill, is a defunct watermill on Mølleåen located at Lyngby Hovedgade, Kongens Lyngby, in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. The current building is from 1902. The name distinguishes it from nearby Lyngby Nordre Mølle.

Lyngby Southern Watermill
Lyngby Søndre Mølle
General information
Architectural style	National Romantic
Location	Kongens Lyngby, Copenhagen, Denmark
Country	Denmark
Completed	1902
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Valdemar Ingemann

History

The two watermills with Lyngby Kongevej in the foreground in 1792

A watermill in Lyngby is first mentioned in 1492 and was then owned by the crown, although it may be several hundred years older.^[1] In the 17th and 18th century, it was used both as a rolling mill and as a paper mill.^[2]

It became known as Lyngby Søndre Mølle after a second water mill was built a little further to the north in circa 1762. Both watermills are seen on a map of the mew royal road to Frederiksborg Castle from 1765. The watermill was acquired by Christian Hasselbalch who opened a curtain factory at an adjacent site in 1892.^[3] The watermill was completely destroyed in a fire in 1902. A new watermill powered by a water turbine was the following year built at the site for the curtain factory to design by Valdemar Ingemann. The building was acquired by Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in 1965. It was for a while leased by Svandholm and operated as a grain mill.

Today

The building is located at Lyngby Hovedgade 24. It is now home to an organic store. The shop was formerly operated by Svanholm Manor.

References

1. "CLyngby Mølle" (in Danish). Lyngby-Taarbæk Kommune. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
2. "Lyngby Søndre Mølle" (in Danish). moellearkivet.dk. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
3. Chr. Hasselbalch. "Kom til housewarming hos Danske Maritime den 14. april" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

External links

• Lyngby Søndre Mølle

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