Like many other mills, De Gekroonde Poelenburg has a long and complex history. For a long time the year of construction was 1869, but nowadays it is thought to be 1866 or 1867. In 1960 the mill had to move because the municipality was going to build a new residential area with the name Poelenburg. The mill was moved to De Zaanse Schans in 1963 where De Grootvorst once stood and has been owned by De Zaansche Molen ever since. In 1991 a stylish timber shed was built next to the mill. De Gekroonde Poelenburg is now a rare type of windmill: there were once more than 200 of them, but now there are only 2 left in the Zaan region. That second mill is De Held Jozua in Zaandam.
In 2004, a thorough restoration of the mill was started. The exterior was rebuilt with planks and painted in the original green colour. At the same time, the stepped scales (the partially overlapping wall of planks) of the mill body were restored to its former glory. In 2008 during maintenance the colour was slightly darker.
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