The clatter of the windmill in Sanssouci went down in history. The legend persists that Frederick felt so disturbed by it that he sued the miller and even threatened him with the Kammergericht (chamber court).
The truth is a different one, though: Even before Sanssouci Palace was built the miller Grävenitz, who was known to be cantankerous and grumpy, ran the “Holländerwindmühle” (Dutch Windmill) on the “Kahlen Berg” (Bleak Mountain). When Frederick the Great commissioned Sanssouci palace in the immediate vicinity of the mill, the owner complained already during the construction works about the palace screening the mill from the wind and demanded the means to build a replacement from the king. Since the king looked sympathetically at all aspects of agriculture the money was granted to the miller.