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Black Forest house
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The Black Forest house is a byre-dwelling that is found mainly in the central and southern parts of the Black Forest in southwestern Germany. It is characterised externally by a long hipped or half-hi
The farm of Vogtsbauernhof in the eponymous open-air museum
The farm of Vogtsbauernhof in the eponymous open-air museum
House of a Black Forest peasant farmer in Baden around 1900
House of a Black Forest peasant farmer in Baden around 1900
Schematic longitudinal section through a Black Forest farmhouse. Key: Sonneneinstrahlung im Sommer = "direction of sun's rays in summer", Sonneneinstr
Schematic longitudinal section through a Black Forest farmhouse. Key: Sonneneinstrahlung im Sommer = "direction of sun's rays in summer", Sonneneinstrahlung im Winter = "direction of sun's rays in winter", Heuvorräte/Fahrzeuge = "hay stores / vehicles", Schlafräume = "bedrooms", Werkstätten = "workshops", Holzvorräte - "wood stores", Wohnen/Küche = "living area and kitchen", Vieh = "cattle", Keller = "cellar"
Black Forest kitchen with a cocklestove, painting by Georg Saal, 1861
Black Forest kitchen with a cocklestove, painting by Georg Saal, 1861
Masonry heater
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A masonry heater is a device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel, and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature fo
Black Forest house
…stalls below from the hayloft through a so-called hay hatch (Heuloch, literally "hay hole"). The centrepoint of the living area was a centrally-sited cocklestove (Kachelofen). It was also known in Alemannic as a Kunscht. Heated from the kitchen, it simultaneously warmed the parlour as well as the bedrooms above…
A classic Scandinavian style round ceramic stove, which fits in the corner of a room, from the porcelaine manufacturer Rörstrand in Stockholm, c. 1900
A classic Scandinavian style round ceramic stove, which fits in the corner of a room, from the porcelaine manufacturer Rörstrand in Stockholm, c. 1900
A cocklestove used for central heating, built around 1959
A cocklestove used for central heating, built around 1959
Kachelofen by Joseph Effner, Schleissheim Palace (c. 1720)
Kachelofen by Joseph Effner, Schleissheim Palace (c. 1720)
A white painted pönttöuuni
A white painted pönttöuuni