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