Shelter
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A shelter is a covered open space as protection from precipitation and solar radiation .
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For example, in farmhouses and barns , one side of the roof is often extended. Under this canopy z. B. wood or hay can be stored. Sometimes this shelter is also used for animals such as B. Horses used. The Low German name for a cantilevered canopy, as it is used as an entrance canopy or to cover a seat, is Abdach . The modern shape of the canopy consists of an additional small roof that is attached to the masonry over the entrance area of a house. Shelters that are used for storage purposes are also called showers .
Today's houses often have a shelter for various vehicles . This shelter can be built free-standing or it can be attached directly to a house wall . It is usually referred to by the English term carport if it is used for a car.
Shelters are regularly made available at bus stops in the form of shelters or on the platforms of stops in order to offer the waiting passengers protection from wind and rain.
At the edge of hiking trails there are also shelters and shelters where hikers can shelter in the event of sudden storms . In the simplest case, these shelters only have one roof and therefore offer no protection from the wind. More comfortable shelters, on the other hand, have two or three walls that already offer limited wind protection. The best wind protection is provided by shelters that have four walls and open access.
While position wars or grave wars the parties built extensive grave systems of trenches and other field fortifications (see also grave war in World War I ). They were often covered with wood, sandbags or the like. reinforced. They were also increasingly partially covered: by 1918, aerial reconnaissance became more and more intensive, more professional and also took place using aerial photographs. Targets for artillery fire were selected based on the aerial photographs. Therefore, both sides tried to design part of their shelters so that they could not be seen from the air.
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- ↑ Hans Koepf : Picture Dictionary of Architecture. With English, French, Italian and Spanish technical glossaries , 4th edition. Kröner's pocket edition 2005. ISBN 978-3520194046 .