The Farmer’s Cottage Klauseck

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  The farmer’s cottage Klauseck ("Kate Klauseck").
  In 1916, Otto and Anita Eckart bought a farmer’s cottage in Raisdorf, near Kiel, Germany. They called it "Klauseck", after their son Klaus who was born that same year.

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  Klauseck in the winter of 1916.
  Generally, the German word “Kate” (cottage) denotes a small house or farmstead (similar to the Scottish croft) at a distance from the village and with smaller agricultural landholding than a farm.

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  Supply of fresh food.
  Vegetables were grown in the cottage garden. Furthermore, chickens, a cow and several pigs provided the family with dairy produce, eggs and meat during the war years.

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  Interior shot of Klauseck, around 1917.
  The cow and horse barn was located on the left, behind the big wooden flaps. At the end of the hall was a large open fireplace with a crackling log fire.

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  The living space of the cottage.
  Whenever Otto and Anita were away, an old lady took care of the small estate.

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  Easter 1918 in the garden of Klauseck.
  After the war, Otto leased the cottage to a soldier of his Sea Battalion and sold it in 1927.

References

• Eckart, Otto and Kamp, Michael: “Die Geschichte der Familie Eckart. Von Franken nach München und Hawaii” (The History of the Eckart Family. From Franconia to Munich and Hawaii), Munich 2015, page 236.

• Eckart Family Archive, Book of recollections from Poing, 1969.