Plank frame house
The timber-framed house is a witness to the past: in the three-part building, the life of Thurgau's small farmers before industrialization can be traced.
Plank frame construction is a wall construction method in which boards are inserted horizontally between load-bearing posts. Very common in the Middle Ages, timber-framed houses were cheaper than stone houses and could even be dismantled and rebuilt elsewhere. The timber-framed house near Amriswil is a typical small farmhouse from 1538, of which only a few still exist. It is also the only one that is open to the public. The museum includes a residential house with a furnished parlor, bedroom, kitchen and weaving cellar. Temporary exhibitions and cultural events are regularly held in the stable barn, which was added in the middle of the 19th century.
