ÖZKD LXXVIII 2024 Heft 4, pp. 36-41, 2025/02/12
Vernakuläre Architektur
Dialekte der Bauernhaus-Landschaft in Österreich
The retirement house represents a special category of rural architecture. But so far, not enough concentrated scholarly research has been dedicated to it. This type of building can be seen throughout Austria to varying degrees. Upper Austria, for example, contains many retirement houses that can be traced to the sixteenth century and feature a number of architectural designs using various building materials. Old farmers would move into these tiny homes after turning the farm over to their successors. Such buildings are becoming increasingly rare, so examples from the regions of Upper Austria should be examined to shed light on the living and working culture in the country.