This is a model of a traditional North German farmhouse. These are large reed-thatched buildings combining living quarters, stable and barn. Building of this type were used since the Late Middle Ages and could equally well be used for any time after that, including the Napoleonic period or for a wargame with Warsaw Pact tanks rolling cross the North German plain.

Whitewashed houses with dark timbers are typical of the southern part of the area where such houses are built, towards Hessen and Westfalia.