Middle German house

The Ernhaus is an eaves -serviced residential barn house. Here, the entrance is on the long side and leads into the Ern, a Frankish name for the central hallway and hearth room.

The Ernhaus is because of its regional Bezuges as

• Central German house
• Upper German house
• Thuringian house
• Franconian House

Referred to. It is a perfect set in the Middle Ages farmhouse type in truss or solid construction in stone. It is a Einhaus, are summarized in the apartment and barn space in a home body. This rural- rural house form still dominates the appearance of many villages in the central and southern part of Germany. Its northern limit of distribution is approximately in the range where the low mountain pass in the North German Plain. There, joins the north ( Low German ) Hall house on which is popularly known also Niedersachsenhaus. A major difference between the two types of houses is that when Ernhaus the roof is supported by the outer walls, the specialist hall house but of inner, wooden stands.

Construction

The Ernhaus is divided into three zones:

• Living ( room )
• Hall ( Ern with stove or kitchen)
• The industry ( stable)

The corridor is the central area of ​​the house with a hearth (later cuisine) in the rear floor area. From the hallway there is access to a page in the living area and on the other side in the economic sector. The house had from the beginning, two fireplaces on. In the living room, the room, stood a stove and in the hallway, which was later separated as a kitchen, a stove for cooking was.

The house was at first storey, but was carried out for about the 15th century, usually two stories with ground and first floors. From the 17th century the floor had a slight overhang and showed as an artistic refinement beam heads and sills. In this period can be attributed to larger farms several buildings meet that a two-, three - or four-sided formed as a house, barn and stable.