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gm. Stegna, pow. nowodworski, woj. pomorskie

Until 1945 Kalteherberge TK (Endersch, Schrötter) Tiger werde (Gotha)

The village was founded by colonists in 1591. In 1820, it had 126 residents, including 10 Mennonites.

Village layout - single-homestead village on terpy located on the southern side of the Vistula Szkarpawa.

The cultural landscape has partially survived. In 1980s, 5 out of 15 identified homesteads still had historical buildings. Currently, there are ca. 12 Dutch homesteads and 8 wooden buildings. The majority of them have been modified. A field layout and a system of draining canals are detectable.

No. 11 is a house from a Dutch homestead probably of the angular type situated by the intersection of local roads, on the southern side of the road to Rybina, facing it with its gable (farming buildings - demolished). The building dates from 1838 (a former inn). It has a log structure with quoins covered by boards with a column with enthasis profile, a rafter - two-collar beam roof structure resting on a protruding top plate placed on notched ceiling beams, and pantile roofing. The gable elevation has 3 axes, a 4-axial gable, two windows enclosed by semicircular windows, and above, a (doubled) small window with a triangular top. The western elevation has 6 axes with an entrance in the 3 axis from the south. The building is abandoned.
No. 14 is a house from a Dutch homestead situated in the western section of the village, on the southern side of the road, facing it with its ridge (farming buildings - demolished). The house was erected in the mid 1800s. It has a log structure, a vertically boarded gable, modern, interlocking tile roofing, and modified interior and elevations.&
No. 12 is a house from a Dutch homestead situated in the western section of the village, on the southern side of the road, facing it with its ridge (ca. 100 m from the road). Farming buildings (demolished) were separated from the house by a low fire wall. The house dates from the 3rd quarter of the 19th century. It has a log structure with quoins covered by boards imitating pilaster, a vertically boarded gable, a queen post - purlin roof structure with angle braces, and pantile roofing. The gable elevation has 3 axes, a 4-axial gable, two windows enclosed by smaller windows bound by triangular shapes, and a skylight (doubled form of the side windows) above. There is a fretwork decoration between the wind ties. The western elevation has 5 axes and a  an entrance in the 2nd axis from the north.
A building without a number is house from a Dutch homestead situated in the southern section of the village, on the eastern side of the road, facing it with its gable. The old farming buildings separated from the house by a high fire wall have been replaced. The house dates from the 3rd quarter of the 19th century. It has a vertically boarded, wooden structure, a queen post - purlin roof structure, a half-timbered, pent-roofed attic room, and pantile roofing. The gable elevation has 3 axes, a 4-axial gable, and two windows enclosed by smaller windows.

    
Lipińska, t. III, poz.257; AG


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