Threshing hall
The threshing hall was a commonly used agricultural building , especially in southern Germany . Until the advent of the combine harvester, the grain was threshed with the help of a threshing machine .
For centuries, grains and seeds were removed from the ear or husk using human strength by striking them with a flail . In the agricultural and peasant villages, new machine communities formed with the progressive mechanization of agriculture . For threshing the grain, community buildings were built in central locations in the villages, mostly on land owned by the municipalities, farming cooperatives or agricultural machine communities. The threshing machines were then placed in these halls .
Due to the preservation of historical monuments, the former threshing halls have often been preserved and are now often used as restaurants or town houses after renovation.