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Built: 1581
Year of transmission: 1963
Säuerling, Einach at the Mur
Styria (Historical buildings from the Mur Valley)
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The residential and commercial parts of this courtyard are connected by the common roof structure, while there is a clear structural separation between the building sections. The historically significant smokehouse with its small staggered windows still conveys a medieval living atmosphere with its very original double fireplace. The smoke from the fireplace escapes into the open air via the porch through two chimney-like smoke vents attached to the gable end of the house. In the living area there is a parlour, bedrooms on the upper floor and a built-in storage room in the attic. A cobbler's workshop was set up in the parlour, as it was until the 1950s. In the barn there are stalls for cattle and horses, the round pen for young cattle, a pigsty and sheepfold.
The steep roof construction (larch boards) corresponds to a purlin truss roof. The sloping roof timbers, the ‘Rofen’, are supported by a ‘standing chair’ made of purlins, chair rails and chair columns. The residential and farm parts of this single courtyard are lined up in the direction of the ridge under a common roof. The residential building and barn are butt-jointed and are only connected by a common roof structure. The history of the courtyard dates back to the late High Middle Ages.
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Säuerling, Einach an der Mur, Steiermark
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Säuerling, Einach an der Mur, Steiermark
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Säuerling, Einach an der Mur, Steiermark
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