Museum Heimathaus Irmintraut in Fischerhude

<BODY> <H1>Museum Heimathaus Irmintraut in Fischerhude</H1> <P><SPAN STYLE="font-family:Arial; font-size:12pt"><STRONG> <A HREF="fhc54a.htm" TARGET="_top">From an ancient farmhouse to the Fischerhude home museum</A></STRONG>In the past, the present buildings were part of a big farm and belonged to the Fischerhude Tietjen family. The main building, a North German hall house, was built around 1550 and became extended in 1768 to its present extent.<BR>After the Tietjen family died out, the Schloen family bought the farmhouse, and reshaped it to a local heritage museum, and named it for their daughter: Irmintraut. In the inside is shown as living was in the 19th Century;<BR>stables for the domestic animals, ancient tools for farmers work, and facilities for cooking at the open fireplace as central point of the family next to the cupboard beds.</SPAN></P> </BODY>