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It was a concern of the municipality to preserve a farmhouse in its original condition in order to show later generations how people used to live.
For this reason, the municipality bought the three farmhouses No. 2, No.4 and No.6.

There was a house here as early as 1444. It is mentioned by Hans Thüring Münch as being the property of the «Frühmessstiftung», a foundation. On the plan by G. F. Meyer (1678) the house can be recognized as a detached building with a thatched roof. The current house dates from the 17th/18th century. Since there was a shortage of housing in the 18th century, an apartment consisting of a kitchen and a living room was set up on each floor. The living room on the ground floor had a window on the free gable end, and the kitchen on the first floor had a door. A staircase led to it on the outside of the wall. In 1733 the door and window were bricked up by the addition of the neighboring house No. 2.

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