 The Low German house appeared during the 13th to 15th centuries and was referred to as the Low Saxon house ("Niedersachsenhaus") in early research works.Until its decline in the 19th century, this rural, agricultural farmhouse style was widely distributed through the North German Plain, all the way from the Lower Rhine to Mecklenburg.Even today, the "Fachhallenhaus" still characterises the appearance of many north German villages.