Åkjær Estate, now spelled Aakaer, was the large estate to which Vads Mølle belonged:

Åkjær Manor, circa 1913

 

Aakaer manor in recent times

 


Vads Mølle. Only the mill building dates to the time of Bevensee. All of the other buildings were re-built following a fire in the late 1850's.

Vads Mølle showing the side of a farm building and the mill pond

 

Vads Mølle showing some of the farm buildings. Note the mill stone on right.

 

Vads Mølle showing the mill building and the streambed. The waterwheel was housed in the small addition on the side of the building.

 

Vads Mølle showing farm buildings, house, mill pond and the mill building. Note the head gate for the race.

 

The Mill building at Vads Mølle. Note the windmill faintly visible on the skyline; the house on the left; and the miller in his white jacket and brimless hat at the doorway of the mill. Taken circa 1888.

 

The windmill at Vads Mølle. Also pictured is a farm building. This windmill was not associated with Bevensee.

(The above photos of Vads Mølle were purchased from the Odder Lokalhistoriske Arkiv, Odder, Denmark)

 

Vads Mølle taken circa 1913. Left to right: stables; farm buildings; main house; the mill pond of the Åkjaer Å in the foreground, and the mill building on the far right. From la Cour.