Tejn stump mill is no longer located on a cliff top in Tejn, but stands in Melsted.
Tejn stump mill has had a somewhat tumultuous existence. It was probably built around 1800 in Aarsballe, where it was then called Trebene Mølle. In the mid-1800s, the mill was sold, dismantled and transported to Tejn, where it was reassembled and set up on a high rocky hill in Møllegade in Tejn.
The roof and 3 sides of the mill are covered with shavings, the back of the mill is covered with boards, all lubricated with tar. When the wind direction changed, the entire mill house had to be turned and this was done with the tail on the back of the mill, it was loosened and the mill could then easily be turned by one man if it was well lubricated. The funnel also served as a staircase to the mill house.
Tejn Stubmølle originally stood on its four-part mill base until the early 1880s when it was dismantled again, but this time it was due to poor wind conditions. Increased vegetation and development had changed the wind, so the owner, Peter Mikkelsen, had to raise the mill, which he did by building a round foundation for the mill to stand on, which also made the mill bigger. There was also an internal hoist with a hatch in the floor for the bags, where the mill previously had an external hoist, the blades were renovated and improved, and unlike other mills, the blades turn ‘counterclockwise’.
Tejn stump mill was in operation until 1941, when Peter Mikkelsen’s son was forced to shut down the mill due to overgrowth again changing the wind conditions so that it was no longer profitable to continue in the business.
Not long after, Foreningen Bornholm took over the stump mill and was responsible for its maintenance together with a local support association in Tejn. In 1959, Tejn stump mill was protected. Around the year 2000, the mill was in need of a major refurbishment. In this connection, Foreningen Bornholm decided in 2006 that the Tejn stub mill should be moved to the Melstedgård Agricultural Museum, where it would grind grain again – so the mill is now called Melsted stub mill or just Melsted Mølle, and was inaugurated at its new location in 2009. The cost of moving and restoring the mill amounted to around DKK 2.2 million.
