February 9, 2023
Presentation 1 by Ellen Warring
Program
- Welcome and introduction by Nicole Bakker, director Dutch Mill Society
- Historic Mills in Denmark by Ellen Warring Master in history, board member Dansk Møllerforening
- Dansk Møllerforening by Susanne Jervelund, agronomist, chairman Dansk Møllerforening, editor Møllen
- Debate: How to have an active mill-organisation? How can awareness be created in the society about historic mills?
- Break: Educational film about the mill wright profession in Denmark “Danske byggetraditioner”
- Møllen – the danish millmagazine by Per Gliese, board member Dansk Møllerforening, editor Møllen
- Millguilds by Søren H. Hansen, enginer, board member Dansk Møllerforening
- Debate: What can volunteers do for the preservation of historic mills?
- End of conference
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