Blaue Scheune

The Blue Barn in Vitte on the Baltic island Hiddensee is in its original plant a Low German hall house of the early 19th century. It housed not only the barn, but also the bakery and the living area of a miller and baker.

The painter Henni Lehmann purchased the old building around 1920. She is also the author of the blue paint, which the house has owed its name. The Blue Barn became known through regular exhibitions of " Hiddenseer artists covenant." This circle was closely connected next to Catherine Bamberg, Clara Arnheim and Elizabeth Andrae also the most famous Hiddensee - painter Elisabeth Büchsel.

In the 1950s the artist Günter Fink bought the historic house. Since it is a popular attraction for art lovers. The gallery of the artist to the public in the summer months, twice a week ( Wednesdays and Sundays ) to visit is open.

The Blue Barn is the last remaining smoke house, so called because there was no chimney and the smoke withdrew through cracks and crevices in the roof.