Hofstraße 5, Historical museum and heritage building in Dobbin-Linstow, Germany.
Hofstraße 5 houses a traditional farmhouse from 1947 that tells the story of families who resettled after World War II. The exhibits fill multiple rooms with displays about how these people established themselves in the region.
Wolhynian German families resettled in the Warthegau fled again at the end of World War II; 73 of them reached Linstow and each received about 10 hectares of farmland under the land reform. One of these families built this house in 1947, and the municipality reconstructed it in 1990 and opened the museum on 6 August 1993.
The museum preserves objects and documents that reflect how relocated families rebuilt their lives in this rural community after leaving their homeland. Visitors can see personal items and photographs showing the daily reality of this resettlement process.
The house stands a few metres northwest of the Linstow manor house, on a fenced plot reached via Hofstraße, which crosses the Nebel. The entrance is a small, tall rectangular door on the east side. The grounds include an earth cellar, a baking oven, a draw well, a memorial stone and a 3000 m² open-air area, plus an education and museum barn added between September 2004 and May 2005.
The building was constructed by the resettlers themselves using traditional construction methods they brought from their homeland. This hands-on building approach reveals how the community relied on its own skills and knowledge to establish itself.
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