The brothers were given permission to build the windmill as long as, within one year, they provided as much mill grinding capacity for the Wendhausen area as they had with the three millstones from the watermill.

Its three pairs of millstones were driven by a cast iron drive train that was new and unknown in Germany at that time.

[1][4] In 1936 Wendhausen was declared a "National Socialist model village" and the sails were replaced only for the purpose of decoration.

In 1980, the land and mill were purchased by the Municipality of Lehre and an association was founded by local citizens and politicians to preserve and promote the windmill.

[1][4] In 2012, the windmill again underwent renovations costing €418,000, much of which came from the German federal government and the State Conservation Office.