Frutighaus
The Frutighaus is a traditional type of farmhouse in Frutigland , Kandertal and the Adelboden area . The farmhouse type has been at home in Kandertal since the 15th century and two thirds of the rural buildings still correspond to this construction method today.
description
While the farmhouses in the Bernese Oberland are otherwise purely residential buildings, the Frutighaus combines the living area, the stable and the hay store above the stable under a gable. The compact design requires little land, holds the heat together in the harsh climate, and in this way the cattle can be comfortably supplied even in the snowy winters there.
The fact that no huge herds of cattle can be housed in these buildings was not a problem in the small farms in the Frutigland: once a breed of cattle was bred in the Frutigland that only had an instep height of 120 cm, and then the livestock on the small mountain farms was very limited : Even at the beginning of the twentieth century, people in Adelboden said: «Ham Germa and Fritz Hari are the right pure here, who are eight cheee here! Careful! put the voer! " ( Adelboden dialect , translated: Abraham Germann and Fritz Hari are the richest farmers up here, they both have eight cows in the barn. Eight! Imagine that! )
Construction
The Frutighaus is built almost entirely from the wood that is abundant in the area, only the plinth, fire pits and stoves are bricked. While the bricklaying trade was not very well developed, the wood was handled appropriately. The house is built in block construction from square beams, protruding beams are also decorative elements and often decorated with carvings.
Due to the simple block construction, the Frutigh houses can also be easily dismantled and rebuilt in another location.
Floor plan
The living part faces the sunny side, the economic part the weather side.
The visible side is characterized on the one hand by the windows of the room (living room), side room (in larger houses) and Gaden (upper floor), on the other hand by the perforated wall of the hay store above the stable. At the side there is an arcade that also serves as a vestibule. From the arbor you step directly into the kitchen, from where the tiled stove in the parlor (living room) is heated. You sleep in the next room and in the unheated rooms on the upper floor, and in winter often in the room. Next to the kitchen there are utility rooms such as Milchgaden, Käsegaden and pantry.
Frutig houses are often on the slope. In this case, the uninhabited basement with cellar and often workshop is accessible from the valley side, the living rooms from the side via the arcade, and the hay stage can be entered directly through a gate from behind.
House sayings
Typical of the area are the inscriptions on the front of the house, which are still often attached in a similar form to new buildings, usually in traditional Gothic script . The usual contents are:
- Client (name of husband and wife)
- Construction year
- Actual builder, carpenter
- A blessing
- A Bible verse or verse from a hymn
The inscriptions of the Frutighaus pictured above read from top to bottom:
- Lord, we want to listen to you and trust you, strengthen the confidence in us
- Give us your grace and blessings and turn away from your Straaff judgment
- I, Peter Rieder, built this house for myself.
- Built by Peter Rieder and Susanna Pieren in 1771
- The highest god this house from fire and ... (illegible)
literature
- Alfred von Känel: The house of the Frutigen landscape. Reprint from Freigbuch 1976. Paul Haupt Verlag, Bern 1978.
Web links
- Frutighaus from 1698 on the Ballenberg