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Bregenzerwälderhaus
The Bregenzerwälderhaus, Bregenzerwaldhaus or Wälderhaus ("Bregenz Forest house") is a house type from the Bregenz Forest region in Vorarlberg (Austria). It is a log building with a gable roof which combines residential and agricultural living (working and living areas under one roof). This house type still characterises the landscape of the Bregenz Forest. The design The Bregenzerwald farmhouse is a byre-dwelling. The stable and the usually two-storey house are under one roof. The functions of living, animal husbandry, storage and equipment storage are combined in a uniform structure. It is thus characterised as a so-called ''Einhof'' which is common in western Austria. This distinguishes it from the ''Paarhof'' or ''Gruppenhof'', in which the residential building, barn (storage and storage of equipment) and stable are housed in separate structures. In this regard, the Bregenzerwälderhaus (''Einhof'') differs from the Montafonerhaus (''Paarhof''). Interior layout The res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bregenz Forest
The Bregenzerwald (, ) is one of the main regions in the States of Austria, state of Vorarlberg (Austria). It overlaps, but is not coterminous with, the Bregenz Forest Mountains, which belong to a mountain range, range of the Northern Limestone Alps, specifically the northern flysch zone. It is the drainage basin of the Bregenzer Ach river and has a population of 31.386 (as of Sep 2024). Geography Bregenz Forest borders the Lake Constance region in the Alpine Rhine, Rhine Valley to the west, Germany and Bavaria (Lindau and Oberallgäu districts) to the north, the Kleinwalsertal valley to the northeast, the Hochtannberg region at Tannberg to the east and the Großwalsertal, Großes Walsertal valley to the south. It borders the Leiblachtal valley to the northwest and the Laternsertal valley to the southwest, which can be reached via the Furkajoch. Regional inhabitants often divide Bregenz Forest into two main areas, the Vorderwald ('Lower Bregenz Forest') and Hinterwald ('Upper B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( ; ; , , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is the state with the second-highest population density (also after Vienna). It borders three countries: Germany (Bavaria and Baden-Württemberg via Lake Constance), Switzerland (Grisons and Canton of St. Gallen, St. Gallen), and Liechtenstein. The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol (state), Tyrol, to the east. The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz (29,698 inhabitants), although Dornbirn (49,845 inhabitants) and Feldkirch, Vorarlberg, Feldkirch (34,192 inhabitants) have List of cities and towns in Austria, larger populations. Vorarlberg is also the only state in Austria where the local dialect is not Austro-Bavarian dialects, Austro-Bavarian, but rather an Alemannic dialects, Alemannic dialect; it therefore has much more in common culturally with (hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byre-dwelling
A byre-dwelling ("byre"+ "dwelling") is a farmhouse in which the living quarters are combined with the livestock and/or grain barn under the same roof. In the latter case, the building is also called a housebarn in American English. This kind of construction is found in archaeological sites in northwestern Europe from the Bronze Age. It was also used in more modern times by Mennonites, originating from the Netherlands. Distribution Austria The Bregenzerwälderhaus from the Bregenz Forest in Vorarlberg is an example for a byre-dwelling. The stable and the usually two-storey house are under one roof. Germany The generic German term is ''Wohnstallhaus'' from ''Wohnung'' ("dwelling"), ''Stall'' ("byre", "sty)" and ''Haus'' ("house"). From the Iron Age onwards the longhouse, developed from the byre-dwellings of the Bronze Age with its domestic area and adjacent cattle bays, was found across the North German Plain. As a result of the keeping of ever larger herds of cattle, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montafonerhaus
The Montafonerhaus (or Montafon house) is a house type in the Montafon, Montafon valley in Vorarlberg (Austria). It is built as a mixed construction of stone and wood. The Montafonerhaus was a popular type of house from the 15th to the 20th century. These spacious buildings characterize the landscape in the Montafon valley until today. In all of Austria and the entire Alpine region, the Montafon is the only valley that is so small that it has its own type of house. The individual houses differ depending on the wealth of the builder, the location and the architectural fashion at the time the barn was built. History In the Montafon, the Rhaeto-Romanic stone house (which had its origins in Grisons, Graubünden) and the wooden Walser house (originating in Valais) developed into its own form of house in a mixed stone-wood construction. Wood from local forests has always played a central role in the choice of material. Most Montafon houses have been built between 1670 and 1960. Settl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
