13. February 2012

Farmhouses in Eastern Styria

Farmhouse of the Rauchstube type 
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The Vierseithof and Dreiseithof farmhouse types are very widespread in Eastern Styria.

The Vierseithof type is a completely enclosed unit.

The Dreiseithof type usually consists of three single-storey tracts which surround a farmhouse courtyard. The courtyard is screened from the road by a wall with a gate.

Rauchstube „Smoke room“ 
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The Gruppenhof type too can be found in this region. Farms of this type consist of several buildings with different functions.

Pictures: Archives of the Austrian Open-Air Museum at Stübing near Graz