page_title: Black Forest house
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Black Forest house / Design
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Georg Saal: Blick in eine Schwarzwaldstube mit kleinem Mädchen auf der Ofenbank, 1861, Öl auf Leinwand, 36 x 49 cmEnglish: Georg Saal: view into a Blackforest living room with small girl on the oven bench, 1861, oil on canvas, 36 x 49 cm
context_page_description: 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-hipped roof that descends to the height of the ground floor. This type of dwelling is suited to the conditions of the Black Forest: hillside locations, broad tracks, high levels of snowfall and heavy wind loading. Individual farms, such as the Hierahof near Kappel, which are still worked today, are over 400 years old. The Black Forest house is described by Dickinson as very characteristic of the Swabian farmstead type.
context_section_description: The house combines both living and working rooms, as well as animal stalls, under one roof. The largely wooden superstructure of the house usually rests on a basement made of natural stone.
caption: Black Forest kitchen with a cocklestove, painting by Georg Saal, 1861
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