The Doesburgermill is one of the oldest postmills in Holland.

In the post the year 1507 is cut, and it was assumed that the mill was build in this year. Also the year 1471 is cut in the post.
Dendrochronology has shown that the standard dates from around 1620, so the found years are cut after this year,

We don't know whom were the first owners of the mill, but some owners were: van Gelder, Muller, family Tysseling, van de Craats and Roelofsen.
In 1950 the mill is bought by the town Ede.

In the years 1968/69 a big restauration of the mill took place and in 1988 two sails were replaced. The other two sails were replaced in 1990.
In 2020 the tail construction was replaced.

The post is the most important beam in the postmill and is supported by four double quarter bars and two crosstrees, which are laying on brick piers.
The upper crosstree lays in the direction north-south, the lower crosstree lays in the direction east-west.
The outer quarter bars have two notches, the inner only one notch.
This part of the mill is the trestle.

The crown tree is the most important beam in the body, and lays with a round notch over the pintle on the top of the post.
It carries the biggest part of the weight of the body.

The Doesburgermill is famous for its tail construction, which is the eldest known tail construction in Holland.
The tail is used to turn the sails in front of the wind and also functions as a staircase, through which you get access to the body.
Finally the body is balanced by the tail, for the tail functions as a counterweight for the sails. 

The Doesburgermill has so called "borstroeden". That's a special construction of the sails made in 3 parts, and consists of wood, instead of iron.
Finally the mill has two millstones, from which one still can be used for grinding.