Type of timber-framed farmhouse found in parts of Germany and the Netherlands
Dat groode Hus, a 1795 Low German house at the Winsen Museum FarmThe Rischmannshof Heath Museum, a thatched Low German house with a hipped gable roof and carved horse's heads atop the gable.
The Low German house[1] or Fachhallenhaus is a type of timber-framed farmhouse found in northern Germany and the easternmost Netherlands, which combines living quarters, byre and barn under one roof.[2][need quotation to verify] It is built as a large hall with bays on the sides for livestock and storage and with the living accommodation at one end.
The Low German house appeared during the 13th to 15th centuries and was referred to as the Low Saxon house (Niedersachsenhaus) in early research works. Until its decline in the 19th century, this rural, agricultural farmhouse style was widely distributed through the North German Plain, all the way from the Lower Rhine to Mecklenburg. Even today, the Fachhallenhaus still characterises the appearance of many north German villages.
^Dickinson, Robert E. (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen. pp. 151–153.
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