Farm [Urbex]

My first exploration of this spring. The old farm from the 17th century, but with many buildings renovated or added in later years. Which buildings are the older ones is only apparent from details, often not visible from the outside. A quite nice villa was built on the property in the late 1920s. After the communist takeover, the farm, and farming in the village were collectivized. That's the process where a communist comes to your home, takes whatever he thinks makes you an enemy of the people, usually in villages like this it was cattle, pigs, horses but even land, fields, and makes it all the property of "The People", which means the State, which means Communist Party. If you were lucky, you were then not imprisoned and allowed to continue to work as a farmer, but basically as a serf. (This happened to my great grandmother from my mothers' side and to my grandfather from my fathers´ side as well.) Like many others in a stagnating socialist economy, this agricultural complex had to close down in the 1990s when it was forced to compete and is decaying ever since. I feel especially sorry for the villa and the old stables. First is a fine example of the 1920s architecture and the timbers in the roof structure of the stables are absolutely magnificent.