Torkilstrup Windmill, Eskilstrup

Name: Torkilstrup Windmill
Address: Eskilstrup, Denmark

#1 among attractions in Eskilstrup

Top attraction, Architecture, Windmill

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Torkilstrup Windmill is a post mill south of the village of Torkilstrup on the Danish island of Falster. Dating from 1743, it is one of the country's few post mills which still stand on their original site. It was listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1959. ()

Local name: Torkilstrup VindmølleCoordinates: 54°52'8"N, 11°55'47"E

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Eskilstrup Denmark

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Torkilstrup Windmill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Stubbekøbing Church, Kippinge Church, Brarup Church, Nørre Alslev Church.

4.9 miE
Romanesque architecture, Church
Stubbekøbing Church, Falster
127 min walk • Stubbekøbing Church is located in Stubbekøbing some 18 km northeast of Nørre Alslev on the Danish island of Falster. The basilical nave was built of limestone in the Late Romanesque period. Choir and tower are of brick, the choir built in Early Gothic style, tower and the northern chapels in the 15th century in Late Gothic style.
6.1 miNW
Romanesque architecture, Church
Kippinge Church, Falster
156 min walk • Kippinge Church stands alone, midway between Vester Kippinge and Øster Kippinge in northwestern Falster, Denmark. It is west of Redslev wood.
5 miW
Romanesque architecture, Church
Brarup Church, Falster
127 min walk • Brarup Church is located in the village of Brarup some 5 km southwest of Nørre Alslev on the Danish island of Falster. The Late Romanesque church has frescos from various periods including several by the Brarup Master and his workshop from the early 16th century.
3 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
Nørre Alslev Church, Falster
78 min walk • Nørre Alslev Church in the small town of Nørre Alslev in the north of Danish island of Falster dates from at least 1308, a date found on its early frescos. Built in the Early Gothic style and painted pink according to local tradition, it is best known for its fresco of the death dance.
3.9 miS
Romanesque architecture, Church
Tingsted Kirke, Falster
100 min walk • Tingsted Church, located on high ground in the village of Tingsted on the Danish island of Falster, dates from c. 1200. Built in the Romanesque style, it is best known for its frescos from the end of the 15th century.
~880 ftN
Romanesque architecture, Church
Torkilstrup Church, Falster
5 min walk • Torkilstrup Church is located in the village of Torkilstrup some 7 km southeast of Nørre Alslev, on the Danish island of Falster. It is built of hewn fieldstone rather than brick, indicating it is one of the oldest churches on the island from before 1160.
2.1 miSW
Romanesque architecture, Church
Eskilstrup Church, Falster
53 min walk • Eskilstrup Church is a church in Eskilstrup, Denmark. The church dates from the 12th century and was built in the Romanesque style. In accordance with a local tradition, it is painted red. It is best known for its frescos, said to be Denmark's oldest.
0.9 miSW
Outdoor activities, Park, Zoo
Crocodile Zoo, Eskilstrup
23 min walk • The Crocodile Zoo is a zoo on the Danish island of Falster. It is located just to the southwest of Gundslevmagle, northeast of Eskilstrup, towards the northern centre of the island.
1.9 miSW
Specialty museum, Museum
Danmarks Traktormuseum, Eskilstrup
48 min walk • Danmarks Traktormuseum is located in Eskilstrup on the Danish island of Falster. The tractor and motor museum is housed in a brick warehouse dating from 1918.
5.9 miNE
54°55'8"N • 12°3'1"E
Bogø Mølle, Bogø
151 min walk • Windmill
2.5 miSE
Golf
Falster Golf Club, Falster
64 min walk • Falster Golf Club is a golf club in central Falster island, Denmark, to the northwest of the village of Virket. It is accessed via a road named Virketvej. The course is surrounded by extensive forest and has numerous streams and lakes in the vicinity; the largest lake is in the southeastern part of the course.

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Nearby attractions include Torkilstrup, Falster (4 min walk), Torkilstrup Church, Falster (5 min walk), Crocodile Zoo, Eskilstrup (23 min walk).