Post in ground

Post house called the northern and central European houses of the early history, were built in the so-called post construction. The post house broke in the Neolithic from the still older cottage construction.

The stationary design elements were up to 1 m deep into the ground. The open areas between the posts were either connected lehmverputztem tracery of hazel and willow branches or logs. In the form of the Germanic long houses were sometimes up to 80 m long and 7 m wide community building in nave system. In addition to residential and residential barn houses were semi- sunken pit in the earth huts as workrooms and storage cellar. Even churches were built in post construction. When the Normans and Saxons wide, ship -shaped, three-aisled Wohnstallhaus houses were popular.

The primary disadvantage of the post construction was the decay due to the direct contact of the posts with the ground. Therefore, post houses held a maximum of 20 to 30 years. The post house is the precursor of the half-timbered house, which slowly replaced the old method of construction since the 12th century.

Examples

• Archaeological Open Air Museum Oerlinghausen
• Ukranenland
• Historical Park Baernau - Tachov

• Archaeological technical term
• Design ( residential)
• Type of wood