House from Homberg (Efze)

Built: circa 1560
Dismantled: 1979
Reassembled: 1988

Like the adjacent House from Rauschenberg, this three-storey building from the Schwalm-Eder region is an example of a combined box frame and storeyed construction. Its oldest timbers can be dated to around 1560, based on dendrochronological calibration. The original structure was considerably changed during the course of a number of alterations. Due to the house’s poor state, only the gable facing the street could be saved for reconstruction at the Open Air Museum.

Initially, in the early 1980s, there had been a plan to preserve the house in Homberg (Efze). However, excessive conservation and renovation costs led to the house being transferred to the museum. The building’s main structure today is a new construction. Over the last couple of years, the condition of the gable timbers deteriorated to such a degree that they had to be cladded with slate during renovation works.

The permanent exhibition on the ground and first floors is titled “War, Captivity and Homecoming”. The museum’s library is found on the second floor of the building.