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Montafonerhaus
The Montafonerhaus (or Montafon house) is a house type in the 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 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. Settlement form The M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Of Vorarlberg
Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label= Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost 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 St. Gallen), and Liechtenstein. The only Austrian state that shares a border with Vorarlberg is Tyrol, to the east. The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz (29,698 inhabitants), although Dornbirn (49,845 inhabitants) and Feldkirch (34,192 inhabitants) have larger populations. Vorarlberg is also the only state in Austria in which the local dialect is not Austro-Bavarian, but rather an Alemannic dialect; it therefore has much more in common culturally with (historically) Alemannic-speaking German-speaking Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Baden-Württemberg, Bavarian Swabia, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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] |
Montafon 202 Gaschurn Lukas-Tschofen-Stube (fcm)
Montafon ( in local dialect: "''Muntafu''") is a 39 km long valley in the westernmost Austrian federal state of Vorarlberg. It is traversed by the river Ill (Vorarlberg) and extends from the city of Bludenz and the Verwall Alps in the north, to the Silvretta and Rätikon mountain range in the south. Piz Buin, at 3,312 meters, is the highest peak within the Silvretta mountain range and the highest peak in Vorarlberg. The Montafon region has a population of 16,421(2021). Geography The Montafon is an association of ten communities ("Stand Montafon"), all of which belong to the Bludenz district. The main town is Schruns. Regional tourism is marketed by the Tourist Association Montafon, run by the municipalities, the Vorarlberger Illwerke and the regional mountain cableways. The municipalities: * Bartholomäberg (1,100 m) *Gaschurn (1,000m) *Lorüns (583 m) * St. Anton im Montafon (650 m) *Sankt Gallenkirch (900m) * Schruns (700 m) *Silbertal (890 m) * Stallehr (600 m) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Housebarn
A housebarn (also house-barn or house barn) is a building that is a combination of a house and a barn under the same roof. Most types of housebarn also have room for livestock quarters. If the living quarters are only combined whith a byre, whereas the cereals are stored outside the main building, the house is called a byre-dwelling. Styles There are several styles of housebarns. One style is a building where the barn portion shares a wall with the house portion. Sometimes the house portion will extend into part of the loft on the second storey of the barn portion. Another style features the barn as the lower portion of the building and the house as the second floor such as the Black Forest-style house. Similarly but for different reasons, some defensive house structures such as the bastle house and some tower houses combine animals on the ground floor and living quarters above, a security measure against raids. For example, bastle houses are found along the Anglo-Scottish bord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Austria By Type A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
