9. Oberdorf 5
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The former small farmer's house is located at the end of a small row of houses next to the junction of a narrow side street. The house may have been built in the 17th century. Only the residential part faces the street, so that, seen from the front, one suspects a purely residential building. Not until you look down the alley, you realize that the relatively small barn/stable part has been attached on the back side. All the doors of the barn/stable part open to the already narrow alley. The former small farmer's house is a typical creation of the densification of the buildings in the village center. The original solution with the barn/stable part opening to the narrow alley is a rarity, which we owe solely to the shortage of building land.