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The windmill, a typical ”post mill” (koźlak), was built by Michał Binkowski in 1880. The building is one of the oldest and at the same time the last wooden windmills surviving in Góry Świętokrzyskie. Still in the 1950s one could see around 15 such facilities in the Kielce environs. Most of them ceased to be operational between 1955 and 1965.
The structure of the post mill is based on the vertical shaft (sztymber) fixed on crossed beams and additionally reinforced with six braces (kozioł, from which the Polish name of the mills of such type was derived). The vertical post in the windmill has a “saddle”, on which two movable beams are supported between which a shaft is fitted – elements of major importance for the windmill structure. The entire post-and-beam structure, covered with boarding, revolved towards the wind with the use of a rope and a revolving wheel fixed on oak wood poles installed near the buildings. The boards placed on the upper, gable part of the roof adorn the roof, forming the motif of a cross.
The windmill mechanism consists of driving, transmission and working mechanisms. The milling is done thanks to stone mechanisms protected by a wooden shelter (łub). From there the milled material (mlewo) was passed to the cylindrical separator where it was cleaned and segregated. Good quality rye flour needed to be milled at least four times. The post mill from Dębno has a fully operational, almost entirely surviving original equipment and mechanisms.