Bridal door

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The bridal door , also known as the bridal gate , and more rarely a funeral door, is a door found in the Altes Land (between Harburg and Stade ), but also on older farmhouses east of the Elbe, which led to the outside from the chamber compartment on the gable side . Behind her was a room (trunk corridor, chest chamber) in which the bride's dowry and other valuable belongings were kept. Originally, the bride door could only be opened from the inside, which only happened on the following special occasions: when the bride was brought into the house with the bride's chest containing her dowry , when a deceased was carried out and when the movable property had to be rescued quickly in the event of a fire. The inputs into the economic and living area of the Low German routinely used Hallenhäuser are against it on both eaves sides, they were in fires because of burning down sliding Reets unsafe. Originally, the bridal doors were decorative, but predominantly single-leaf; Usually they were renewed wider and more representative during renovations in the course of the 19th century and then served visitors and guests as access to the living area.

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literature

  • Bridal door and coat of arms, notched wood and crossed horse heads. Stories from old rural life. Folklore and regional walks around and through the Molfsee open-air museum (= publications by the Molfsee open-air museum. 9). Molfsee Open Air Museum, Molfsee 2014, p. 167/168.

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