Rieckhuus, Open-air museum in Hamburg, Germany.
Rieckhuus is an open-air museum on the Curslacker Deich featuring a preserved farmhouse with attached barn, storage building, baking house, and a water-powered mill. The grounds also include a vegetable garden and children's play area.
The main structure dates from 1533 and is among northern Germany's oldest surviving half-timbered farmhouses where humans and livestock shared a single roof. The ensemble documents rural construction methods and agricultural life in the Vierlanden across several centuries.
The exhibits show how people in the Vierlanden region lived and worked, displayed in both standard German and the local Low German dialect. The setting reveals how closely daily life and farming were connected here.
The museum operates with flexible hours and closes on Wednesdays, so calling ahead is advisable before visiting. The location is accessible by car and has parking near the entrance.
Visitors can try their hand at historical household and farm tasks themselves, offering direct insight into daily work in the Vierlanden. These hands-on experiences help reveal how physically demanding and time-consuming such work actually was.
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