The half-timbered house is a special type of house that combines log, half-timbered and solid construction. Today's distribution area extends from Lower Silesia through Upper Lusatia and Northern Bohemia to the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The block room had proven itself with the Slavic population over many generations. The German settlers, mainly from Franconia and Thuringia, who settled here in the 13th century, brought the half-timbered structure with them as a wood-saving, stable construction method. This also made it possible to erect multi-storey buildings. The village craftsmen developed the surrounding area as a folk building method over the centuries. At the end of the 18th century, the typical surrounding arch, which gives the houses their names, was created.