898 - Farmstead in Laumühlen on the Oste, half-timbered house with thatched roof, horse, chickens and pig

Farmstead in Laumühlen on the Oste, half-timbered house with thatched roof, horse, chickens and pig Oil on canvas, signed (not deciphered) lower right, 20th century, rural scene, farm with half-timbered house of red bricks and reed-thatched roof, a large arched gate in the gable end, in front a horse, a pig, a cat and chickens, on the right a rack wagon, outbuildings at the side, in the foreground a wooden fence under trees, good condition, image 50.5x64.5 cm (HxW), framed, frame width 9.5 cm Laumühlen lies on the dyke of the Oste and has belonged to the municipality of Hechthausen in the Samtgemeinde Hemmoor since 1972. The Low German hall house (Fachhallenhaus) combined harvest storage, stables and living space under one roof. The large entrance gate, the Grotdör, was on the gable end and led onto the Diele, which served as a work space for unloading the wagons and for threshing. The houses were initially roofed with rye straw, later with the more weather-resistant reed. The house type was widespread from Westphalia via Lower Saxony, Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.