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The farm at 6 rue de Pfettisheim in Lampertheim is a typical example of Alsatian rural architecture from the early 19th century. Built in 1802 for the house, with a beam dated 1798, it has a pan-wood facade decorated with ground sandstones and a corbelled loggia. Its plumbed windows and glazed ceilings testify to its preserved authenticity. The barn, added in 1825, has now disappeared, but an engraved lintel bearing the names Michael Diringer and Maria Catharina Roth remains, just like the gate dated the same year.

The house, originally built for Diebolt Diringer (as attests an engraved beam), retains its original interior layout, with the exception of the wall separating the room and the kitchen. Found inscriptions, including one mentioning Katharina Jaecklin in 1802, suggest family ties between successive owners. The farm was classified as a historic monument in 2006, thus protecting the entire building, including its remaining outbuildings. Its architecture combines agricultural functionality with artisanal details, reflecting the local know-how of the time.

The partial destruction of the farm (including the barn) left room for used elements, such as the 1825 cladding lintel. The latter, associated with the pedestrian gate, bears the traces of the Diringer and Roth families, illustrating the current heritage transmissions in the Alsatian countryside of the 19th century. The conservation of original houses and interior decorations (ceilings, sandstones) makes it a rare testimony of the rural habitat of this period, now protected by the state.

Located in the Lower Rhine, this farm is part of a landscape marked by agriculture and crafts. The gable-on-street houses, like this one, were typical of the Alsatian villages, serving both as a place of life, storage and economic activity. Their pan-wood structure, often complemented by stone or torchi extensions, met local climatic and resource needs. The precise dating of the elements (1798, 1802, 1825) provides a chronological overview of architectural and family developments over three decades.

The registration of historic monuments in 2006 helped to safeguard this heritage, threatened by modern transformations. The Lampertheim farm thus illustrates the transition between the 18th and 19th centuries in Alsace, where traditional techniques coexisted with the first industrial influences. Its current state, though partial, remains a teaching tool to understand the spatial and social organization of the farms of the time.

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