Low German house
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The Low German house or Fachhallenhaus is a type of timber-framed farmhouse found in northern Germany and the easternmost Netherlands, which combines living quarters, byre and barn under one roof. It
Dat groode Hus, a 1795 Low German house at the Winsen Museum Farm
The Rischmannshof Heath Museum, a thatched Low German house with a hipped gable roof and carved horse's heads atop the gable
Historic photo (c. 1895) of a thatched Fachhallenhaus in Ausbüttel near Gifhorn, built in 1779
Low German house with inscription, a typical Niedersachsenhaus in Büschel/Bakum
Old Frisian longhouse
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An old Frisian longhouse was a long-bodied byre-dwelling or longhouse that was widespread in the Dutch and Frisian North Sea coastal marshes from the Later Middle Ages until the 18th or 19th century.
Drawing of a longhouse by Joost Hiddes Halbertsma, c. 1850. (1) dwelling quarters or "interior house" (binhús), (2) kitchen and dairy room, or "middle house" (milhús), and (3) byre or "cow house" (bûthús).
Old Frisian longhouse in Warten, Friesland, 1967
Longhouse in Warten after restoration
Byre of the longhouse of Wartena, 1967