The
Typical Danube Swabian Home
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In the
early days, the typical settler's house
was a functional building which was to
serve as living accommodation. It fully
met their requirements in the beginning,
but with increasing prosperity the "long
house" was developed further, and more
buildings were added to it. The "long
house", which stood with its gable end
facing the street, was simply turned
around so that the long side of the
house now faced the street. Such a house
was called a "Zwerchaus." Later,
houses were also built in an L-shape,
called "Triangelhaus". Both styles
of houses can be found in most villages. |
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House
Floor Plans
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Various
Designs
Plan 1:
Einfaches Langhaus:
Simple Long House
Plan 2:
Triangelhaus:
Triangle house
Plan 3:
Modernes Bauernhaus mit Querbau:
Modern farmer house with a summer
kitchen
Vorderhof:
Front Yard
Hinterhof:
Rear Yard |
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Property Lots
The town lots our
Donauschwaben received were narrow and long. One
side and right to the lot line was the house,
built to fit the shape of the lot. One room wide
and long. North side being on the lot line and
the south side having all the windows most often
going to the porch which connected all the
rooms. The other halve of the narrow lot was
just wide enough for the horse wagon to reach
the barn, which was erected behind the house and
usually at 90 degrees angle, or what in German
language is called QUER, meaning across, in this
case they built a L-shaped house with wider
frontage. This wider frontage was now "quer"
(across) the lot. So QUERBAU stands for a
building across the lot.
What a
Colonial House Cost
Being able to make
a rough estimate and contract, the building
contractor was able to make a house in Cservenka,
which can serve as an example for all villages
(also in Liebling, Banat, Anm. L.) the following
payments: For the stamping: 16 fl. - xr.
(fl.=Florentine Guilders, xr.=Kreuzer which at
the time was a 60th part of a Guilder, Anm. L.),
Grease and plaster: 19 Fl.., 15 Kr., to make the
chimney: 3 Fl., 12 Kr., stove (de---): 30 Kr., 2
oven bases (detto a---): 12 Kr.=24 Kr., 2 gables
for 2 Fl., 4 door beams inset for 2 Fl., 24 Kr.,
4 window beams for 1 Fl., 12 Kr., the upper
floor n--- covered with boards for 2 Fl., 30
Kr., the same to transfer 7 --- with a loft to
make the roof (stuhl?) for 14 Fl., 17 Kr., the
same to put up 2 --- thatch coverings for 6 Fl.,
50 Kr., 4 simple doors (Thüren) together with
materials for 3 Fl., 44 Kr., 3 windows for 3 Fl.
[From the
Beschka
Homeland Book (Syrmia) by Peter Lang,
translated by Brad Schwebler.] |
