Farm with roof made of Zostera

Farm with roof made of Zostera
Læsø, Denmark (DK)
On the island of Laesoe you can see buildings with roofs like this one (Museum of Læsø). They were made of Zostera because Phragmites, the Common reed, was very rare on the island.

So to make these roofs several tons of Zostera had to be take up from the Kattegat, dry it and place it on the rafter. To tie it to them ropes were made to hold it to them. On the roofs you can see flowers growing.

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To insulate the houses they were covered with turf too so they were warm in the winters.

Around 1900 most of all houses had Zostera roofs, today only 19 are left, 11 of them are protected by law.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2TDpnmow_E
On the island of Laesoe you can see buildings with roofs like this one (Museum of Læsø). They were made of Zostera because Phragmites, the Common reed, was very rare on the island.

So to make these roofs several tons of Zostera had to be take up from the Kattegat, dry it and place it on the rafter. To tie it to them ropes were made to hold it to them. On the roofs you can see flowers growing.

To insulate the houses they were covered with turf too so they were warm in the winters.

Around 1900 most of all houses had Zostera roofs, today only 19 are left, 11 of them are protected by law.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2TDpnmow_E
View in Google Earth Objects - Roadside Attractions, Buildings - Museums
Links: www.kulturarv.dk, en.wikipedia.org
By: Dania

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