Farm (Upper Swabia)
The Upper Swabian farm is a type of house that emerged from an archetype that is described here.
Appearance
The Upper Swabian basic shape has a moderately steep roof with a slightly more than 45 ° slope. There is no roof overhang, so no so-called verge . There are also no wooden parts, only plaster and mortar. Often there are cross-divisions by simple or profiled cornices. The roof used to be thatched. Today, roof tiles are used for roofing without exception . The living area has two full floors. Above it rises the predominantly steep roof, the ridge of which runs the entire length of the courtyard at the same height without a step. The living area, threshing floor , stable and haystack are usually under one roof. Detached outbuildings or extensions were only erected in exceptional cases and on larger farmsteads. The following appearance is characteristic:
The white wall surfaces are broken up by well-proportioned windows with green shutters . Four to six gable-width windows are the norm.
Interior
On the gable side at the corner there is without exception the living room, followed by the kitchen. Behind the kitchen is usually the parlor or the storage room . Next to these rooms is a corridor with stairs to the upper floors, where the bathrooms and bedrooms are located. Next to the staircase is the threshing floor, next to it is the stable. Next to the stable there is a shed in which the necessary equipment and tools are housed. In individual cases, there is also the following division: living area - corridor - Rossstall - threshing floor - cowshed. In this case the Schopf was erected as a special building outside the homestead. The second form occurs mainly in the northern part of Upper Swabia, as the cultivation of grain predominates there and more horses were kept.
Distribution area
This type of farm can be seen all over Upper Swabia. The eastern border is formed by the Lech, the northern border by the Swabian Alb , not the Danube as is often assumed. In the south the border is flowing on the line between Markt Rettenbach , Wolfertschwenden , Bad Grönenbach / Dietmannsried , Legau , Württembergisches Allgäu.
See also
literature
Maximilian Dietrich as well as Walter Braun and Hilde Miedel: The district of Memmingen Landscape - History - Culture - Economy . Maximilian Dietrich Verlag, Memmingen 1971, ISBN 3-87164-059-X .