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Male Farmhands Dorm This was where the male farmhands slept. In the display cases you can see a collection of pictures and documents containing information about farm life. They show details of the Kitzbühel ancestral farms and their inhabitants and were collated by Sepp Berger. On the wall opposite the door you can see a selection of the previously mentioned artistically manufactured locks and keys. In the left hand corner, slightly hidden by a display cabinet you can see a small pipe which leads out through the wall of the house. The male farmhands would urinate into this pipe avoiding a cold trip out to the long drop latrine at the end of the balcony during the night – a male only luxury! The other alternative was a chamber pot, of which there are many on display. The title “Erbhof“ (ancestral farm) honors a farm which has been in the same family for generations. The title is only awarded to farms which have been passed down from parents to children for at least 200 years. Further require- ments are that the farm must be able to provide for the family, have a habited farmhouse and must be managed by the owner himself. Ancestral farms play a very important role in shaping and maintaining the landscape. In alpine areas it was especially difficult to sustain a farm and its land for over two centuries. In this area, the “Unterland”, farms and their land were not traditionally split up or shared out amongst children. This was the case in other areas of Tirol, in the “Oberland” for example, which lies to the west of Innsbruck. 21