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The Mill of Sielow (Sielower Mühle) is located at the northern edge of the city of Cottbus (Brandenburg, Germany). It was first erected around 1840 as a wind-powered mill for producing flour from grain. It conforms to a Dutch type. The circular brick tower is four storeys high, with sloping profile. Around 1900, the mill was converted from wind power to an engine of unknown technology, possibly a gas generator, which was housed in a spacious annexe added to the tower on its north side. Consequently, the wind sails were removed and the revolvable cap was fixed. The machinery was converted and replaced so as to by driven by the new engine. In 1937, the power source was again replaced, this time by an electric motor that is still extant, housed in a small extension added to the west flank of the first annexe. The Mill was in commercial use until the early 1970s and remained functional for another decade. It then fell into disuse. The fabric then decayed rapidly until the year 2000 when new owners started a scheme to repair the historic building and its contents. The Mill has since been consolidated in its fabric and a new residential building added. The latter, designed by Christian Keller and Uwe Wittig of the Cottbus architectural firm kmw-architekten, was completed in 2003. It received several architectural awards and was extensively published.

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