Ladder House

A ladder house was a village community facility where long fire ladders and other fire fighting equipment were kept in a public place.

Ladder houses had been mandatory in most villages in Germany since the first half of the 18th century due to fire regulations issued by the authorities . These were long, narrow sheds protected by a roof, usually open at the sides , where the mostly 6-8 m long ladders were suspended, with which fire fighting on upper floors and on roofs and in roof trusses was to be made possible. The absence of walls should allow anyone access at any time. In addition to the ladders, small equipment necessary for fire fighting , in particular leather buckets and iron pokers with long stems, were kept in the ladder houses, typically in a separate equipment room on the gable end.

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  Former leader house in Ebersgöns

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  Former head house of Mudersbach , in Hessenpark

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  Ladder house in Niederkleen

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  Ladder's house from 1775 in Malkwitz

Web links

• Sights of Malkwitz: The ladder house
• The ladder house, at Wandalen Witzenhausen eV

Individual evidence

1. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : The fire extinguishing system in Obertiefenbach from earlier times . In: Yearbook for the Limburg-Weilburg district 1994 . The district committee of the Limburg-Weilburg district, Limburg-Weilburg 1993, p. 151-153 .