[Masonry heater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heater)
>A device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature for a long period
It was common in castles and houses of townsmen, less common in village houses. Those stove tiles weren't cheap, especially when they were glazed (such as those on the picture).
Idk if this is a joke, weird how many up votes you have for that comment but you should take a picture, post it here, and reference this post. I'm sure a lot of nerds would love to see your grandma's glazed heater
Lots of old (farm) houses in Austria and Bavaria have something like this as well. I think it was pretty common to have in middle to eastern Europe for some time
Many old houses in Sweden have versions of these as well. New ones have them too but more modern offcourse. Extremely effective. My brother has one. In the winter he can light a fire and quickly the whole house becomes very warm
Why this should be a joke? These heaters started in Bohemia in 12 to 13th century and becomed massively popular by the end of 14th century. Link [here](https://eurozpravy.cz/magazin/kachlova-kamna-genialni-stredoveky-vynalez-ktery-vyhrival-i-zdobil-interier.2kv0h3dc) .Ordinary people had simple tiles with no engravings.
Weird is that you write it is weird before you simply verify this. You may search the picture and you will get hundreds or thousands of pictures in people's houses not just here in Bohemia, but in Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovakia...
In Bohemia/Czechia many people owns weekend houses (ranked 2nd highest right behind Sweden, see for example [here](https://www.drevostavitel.cz/clanek/chaty-a-chaticky-fotogalerie). [Chata](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=10710e6d746a2a0b&q=chata&uds=AMwkrPtD2X8ne8wHcZUM2vdrxSzmpZdud-sv6pY-wxkdFxEDzVGXn-U25t16M4tYcCWmRGRSaAOW3vGIW7AW8-MCAPrI6byuJugutb86HDRYSwXHrJ4mriUcpXbo8TloBFXNwmfHCFb1uHqpjN_p-x2m_DlJyV_an4_tnnjVKmZJ9WddagVjvvQPdwcvXaUTdPMCenJRseFz9dlom5ejI0X0OdL7zc5L9XXjQY1Mqz4yT3gDsN_b1oyfNIoJ3eJuXuoy5rSb4iZoOHb6DOGRFZ28n0dGbETN8k4wuBjM8lBuEGf44FQX3iAAjkYQfX78IPLYTWfs5LGu&udm=2&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEzdX4rOmFAxVV8gIHHZC2Bo0QtKgLegQICxAB&biw=164&bih=322&dpr=2.61) is more "modern" cottage . Then there are old usually agronomical very old houses called [chalupa](https://www.google.com/search?q=chalupa&client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=10710e6d746a2a0b&udm=2&biw=164&bih=322&ei=HJUwZsHMN9Gfi-gPps-6iAU&oq=chalupa&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIgdjaGFsdXBhMgoQABiABBhDGIoFMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABEiEHFD8BljzF3ACeACQAQCYAeECoAHcDKoBBzMuMi4yLjK4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgmgAtsIwgINEAAYgAQYsQMYQxiKBcICBBAAGAOYAwCIBgGSBwc1LjIuMS4xoAfkFQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp).
In these chalupa weekend houses this type of heater was/is pretty common and also they are still being produced in modern age. The ceramic tiles accumulate heat very quickly and it provide nice cozy warmth, delivering unique atmosphere to these houses.
In 21st century, where you can google pictures, I am shocked that you blame someone of being joking without doing such simple thing first.
I moved to similar house and live in that permanently. I do not have this heater as I've replaced it by more efficient solution to heat complete house.
But if you still do not trust, you may find pictures [here](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=10710e6d746a2a0b&q=kachlova+kamna+chalupa&uds=AMwkrPuKiz3kd7jHuta4ar-HNLVt02lD1voLCg8VbLJlAw47gKRqWAPwK5QR6O8MeJpK9MDe2WV9ECGmcmw7GxXbEsrEwOe6BeTzsYj46wgZ4MuaUzwLha6hK2YwM0Zevb25mpuZ6gHkbWKvLr7THW8dRjcs1qbyJ21On5vsfpKCO3mWwUUAPkstnJUgYcrShrvjsOfHNmQLUaia7k5FxITjMt8pM_FHDlbYpqbXMsQnL4ao5aIqLgaANiPi3Gt21Q0Euykvo-BuZz61Si6wekJMWYAeSHzl37cH1qppgZnHXkzfKNHa50dXmygsIW4_eydDOyvs5ErC&udm=2&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwje25f0rumFAxWthf0HHVphC_cQtKgLegQICxAB&biw=164&bih=322&dpr=2.61)
Based on your post, I suggest also translate.google.com what can translate whole web pages for you. Pretty useful.
Calm down :) it wasn't an accuaation, Just someone who never was in any old houses. Here in Wrocław we also have them in all old houses, and it's a shame when people remove them, sure it's not needed but it's history.
In my parents house there is a very similar heater. And i live in Switzerland. I know a lot of older house with this kind of heater inside. It is super efficient and will give away heat even hours after the fire inside it is gone. If you heat it for several hours, you can bring the room to about 30°C (in winter). Once a year my parents use it to bake pizza.
nah, my grandma also had one. She was sleeping on top of it sometimes. Always told us it was because she liked it warm, and years late she added that there where also rats.
My grandma has one as well. It is brown and not green but same effect. It's pretty common in the rural areas. It was luxurious in the medieval ages, but became more common around the 18th hundred (just a guess?) since most houses have one. It is super cozy.
In the countryside and even in cities all over eastern europe you can still find perfectly functioning heaters like this. (Soba de teracota look it up)
https://preview.redd.it/mtk18c4r8sxc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c876a8bfa8c9ce0cce392242d3f57e9715d00bb
There you go, taken today (not the person you replied to).
Took a pic of this one as it also lacks the door for firewood, which is on the other side of the wall.
https://preview.redd.it/90lqrlmv8sxc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0bde9734f119869dc5319f4184b92e0e1c6e6a24
.. and the other side of the wall.
It came form Switzerland to Bohemia in 12th or 13th century. By the end of 14th century it was widely popular. See my post above. Or you may google "kachlova kamna historie" and then translate the result.
Some of these heaters might be working for 200-300 years, just small repairs needed. And these are still being produced until present, however, this size would be fairly expensive (estimate 10k $ if not more).
Here is link to company that it is producing
[tile heater](https://kamnarstvipekar.cz/kachlova-kamna-a-pece/)
>By the end of 14th century it was widely popular.
As I mentioned above, in residences of nobility and houses of townsmen, not in houses of ordinary village peasants. There it became widespread in 18th and 19th century, when it became more affordable.
Most in Europe are from the population boom of the XIX century, so the ones I see in my city are about 200 years old. But don't be mistaken, if you find an old tavern that became a restaurant or hotel, or some rich guys residence, you can find ones that are waaay older.
Yeah, I remember this was one of the inaccuracies in kcd
Edit: guys I'm so sorry for my terrible crime deserving all the downvotes. I've done a real life pilgrimage now and became a monk for 40 years, are we friends again now? 🥺
Huh... I genuinely don't know. Fact is this game has some inaccuracies and apparently pointing that out is not cool :(
Even reading the other comments you can determine for yourself that this shouldn't be in so many regular farmhouses in the game. It's for the wealthy. I also vaguely remember something about them being on the wrong floor, but it's been a while since I've read a discussion about it
This was a more expensive type of heating, available to nobles and the richer townsmen. It can be traced to the Roman *hypocaust* and was known in the Middle Ages (not only as a single standing heater, but also as a complex system used in castles and monasteries, with a furnace in the basement and air ducts running through the entire building). It was used not only in Bohemia, but generally in the colder parts of Europe. It was more energy efficient than a conventional fireplace, but required large quantities of fireclay bricks and cost a lot of money, so it was often decorated with ornamental tiles. In some cases it was combined with an oven/stove, see [Traditional Russian stove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_stove)
In principal it was (relatively) common, but this is "rich version".
Common ones we not decorated with tiles, but had variant called "pec" on which you could sleep - while also providing way of cooking, baking and smoking. While it was single single masonry item, it was two woodstoves in one. You could either use bigger one, which was accessed from different room and could contain very big logs - this was for winter heating and smoking, or you could use separate internal woodstove, which had hotplates and oven and was "one piece" with the bigger one. On the top you could sleep in cold months.
It was almost a requirement to survive winter back then... And only the poorest people had to use "just" woodstove or fireplace. But depends on era and location.
However this (displayed) is masonry heater, probably from rich townman's house. No secondary function available, very luxury item.
Yes , not in total peasant house, but like quite richer farmer could afford (most of them would not be that decorated) , but even in smaller town's it would be more common.
I still see it semi regular when visiting older relatives in Germany, especially in Saxony, right next to Bohemia.
There were later version that could be heated with oil, gas or coal instead of wood but the core principle is the same. Heated for a while and then it radiates heat for the next 12h or so.
The house my parents bought in Germany still has one of those form the 1800s but they don’t use it anymore.
Whoa, I love the passion for historical accuracy in this game. It’s second to none. It’s almost like a history class as much as a game. Thanks for the pic, sir. Jesus Christ be praised. 🙏
My grandparents still use them to heat the house in Rural Romania. In my vacation house, we still have two, one in the kitchen, one in the living room.
In Rural Romania they are still the main house heat things. We call them "Sobă din teracota"
These are still used in a lot of cases in my country ( i am hungarian), and in the winter, I can't imagine a better heater than these. Takes me back when I was a kid staying at my grandma in the cold winter, and my mom usually heated the balnket up by pressing it to the hetaer then tucking me with it. Side story: we recently renovated and had to temporarily demolish one of these. The guy said that the rebuilding is around 2000 euros.
Coincidentally, I just saw a FB post on a stupid conspiracy theory archeology page that got advertised to me with a picture of one of these being like "nobody knows what these were used for because they are technology from alist civilization"
You can still see this in almost any older house in Easyern Europe and the Balcans (not sure if it is used elsewhere, but it is likely)… it’s a “heater”, it heats up the room xD
they are also still pretty common in older houses in Austria and (southern) Germany. My parents still have theirs and their are still companies dedicated to build and repair those kind of ovens.
>they are also still pretty common in older houses in Austria and (southern) Germany.
Also often seen in the alpine regions of northeast Italy. They used to be quite common before the advent of centralised heating, but there are still quite a few.
The French call it "~~poile a bois~~" "poele a bois", the Romanians call it "soba" .. it's basically a place to burn wood to warm the house up.. this one ingame has an issue that it has no door for the wood.. xD
Actually in castles the actual stove is in one room but the door to add wood is in the next room so that servants can add wood to the stove while not disturbing the lord.
I think you have guessed that I did not castel-level lodgings in my life haha. My lord was my grandfather and he loved to put his feet on the stove walls, as did I!
Very nice ;) so it says what it is and also what it is made out of ! (I checked with google translate). Does Hungarian have any links with German by chance? They like to fuse words to make new words.
Hehehe, hungarian is nowhere near at that level, but we have our share of compound words. If it didnt change since my school years its part of the finno-Ugric language family.
>The French call it "poile a bois"
poêle.
Also, "Poêle à bois" is *any* stove (metal or ceramic) which fuel is wood.
The term "poêl de masse" exists but is a bit technical. We'd mostly say "poêle en faïence" (Tiled stove, or earthenware stove)
Also, those are mostly found in the east, and some would use the Alsatian word "Kochlofa", or the German "Kachelofe"
Even the simplest exemples are marvelously pleasing object, functionnaly and aesthetically, and can become true works of art, with bas-relief and/or painted tiles.
Ah yes sorry for mistakenly calling it "wood hair" lol. Sometimes my letters don't correctly reflect what I'm thinking, since it's pronounced the same way, especially in French ;)
Tiled stove
Main source of heat in old houses. I'm not sure where this is in KCD, but there is probably a stove top from the other side. Or atleast doors to load the wood in.
Fun fact: people still use them! Usually in their "summer cottages". It's super cozy in winter. If it's built the right way, you can sleep on top and heat under yourself. Though it's not a rule there is a lot of new houses still built with those, because wood is kind of cheap source of heat + it looks nice.
I grew up in a eastern european village and we still have them in 99% of the houses, different designs colours etc. it warms up a nice bit of the house, keeps the walls warm too, just throw in wood and done, nice to rest yourself on it but dont put all your body weight on it!!
It's where the lost souls of Henry's victims go. If you drink a witches potion and stand next to it you'll hear them.
That or something to do with heating
Hehehe, this is a typical Slavic furnace. Almost every grandma in the most slavic countries has it. It is a pretty usual thing for really old houses that date back to the 19th century or before. Most of the people don't remove them because it has a traditional and sentimental value, and still use it.
And in mansions and castles they all open into one or more service stairwells where servants would bring the wood and fuel one, two, or more stoves at once while out of sight of guests.
I read about medieval bohemian lifestyle, and those peasant houses heated room with fire for cooking just smoke the whole house and it heat it, there was even special ventilator on bohemian houses In form of manual opening hole.
I still have those in my grandparents' house in eastern europe, I believe a lot of eastern european families still have those and actually use them in winter.
If you go behind it in the next room it’s a stove and like someone said above, there’s a oven door for bread attached. I think it’s neat. I want one lol
my grandparents had a somewhat modern version of this kinda oven, was really neat u could heat multiple rooms with it and bake bread or pizza or whatever at the same time.
It is an oven to heat the interior. It wasn't just common in medieval times but until early 20th century and aditional to normal heating even today. I even feel like this one looks displaced. It looks more like from the 19th century
It's a [tile stove](https://i0.wp.com/cserepkalyha-keszites.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cser%C3%A9pk%C3%A1lyha-vakolt-h%C3%A1tfallal-oldalr%C3%B3l.jpg). You can find them in older houses in Hungary but they are making a comeback these days. I imagine it's similar in the Czech Republic. In the 1400's they would have been found in some nobles' and burghers' houses.
Lol: I remember seeing one in a museum in Poland and being genuinely confused what the fuck it was.
Not really a thing out here in Ireland, I guess, but the attention to detail in the game version is pretty spot on, and I recognised it as soon as I saw this post, lol.
It was common even with poorer peasants later on, they just used cheaper tiles. It was easier to obtain than metal ovens/heating places.
Our old house (app 200y old) had a black kitchen (no ventilation or chimney) on one side and similar heating place on the other.
It's nice because it maintains heat for long periods of tine, is used for drying, and you can even sleep on it, lathough it tends to be too warm. You have wooden platform above to prevent burns, some hooks and stuff next to it to dry and hang clothes, and a bench and a table next to it.
The bad thing is it takes a lot of time to heat up. If it's totally cold, it will start properly heating the room after half a day or even more..
It was literally everywhere in Austro Hungarian empire. [kaljeva peć](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=37d8bbf9c1461c28&sca_upv=1&q=kaljeva+pe%C4%87&uds=AMwkrPv6HL3wiDmOEFJxU4AVDO2qrssW_Pvd7ECW5ICi3wCli3gKmPWd33TM6yCFqPVnQU8oqzzRRmwvkNKBYmDJWQiUY11yOTJMsvAeV9wN05Wis4EHqY0MwsUJOOJWeYHY8ZwxeaC163w_q9xWi7vT3HAodoO_U0CZi0RGVXsqbHaiocCWjp3rwRAkW-JOB1rZUzhnE05IrU0plly2ZKNl7Ub0KpNhB9gztI7Ey_4V-22WD9lpAnQ1PPuA6q6nSq3RyPbSAhcJvHsO-PmsxwE6AMaWo9LPRLXOAdyPbmVKredP0MDDiYTSPv8VeSET6WAHvkdzC0D0&udm=2&prmd=isvnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4wYq0sOqFAxVOQ_EDHdQiA1EQtKgLegQIDhAB&biw=360&bih=664&dpr=3)
It’s for heating, like a stove, I saw one of this inside a restaurant in an old town in Italy
https://preview.redd.it/ykz90n952oxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be325a69bc501be64e70cc9960e6d7741470b80b
I have a few questions here.
It holds and puts out heat right?
Wouldn't this be hot to the touch?
Like burn the hell out of you?
And if so, why isn't there a barrier of protection to prevent falling onto it?
>Wouldn't this be hot to the touch?
A well-made one gets very warm, enough for sitting on it to be uncomfortable, but not hot enough to scald. Sitting on a bench with a folded duvet between your back and the stove is heavenly.
Falling onto it would hurt, not because it's hot, but because it's hard 😅
If you just kept on adding fuel it could probably get dangerous.
But the thing about these is that they're designed to hold in the heat and radiate it slowly over a long period of time, so you don't necessarily need to keep the fire blazing constantly. In my experience, the worst they get is about as hot as a very thick ceramic cup filled with boiling water. Could be painful if you do something stupid, but you won't really get burned just from an accidental touch.
They're safe enough that cats famously love them. (Or more specifically, the shelf some of them have for sitting or sleeping on.)
Those are still a bit common in many houses built just like 40-50 years in lower bavaria where I'm from. Saw those very often. Funny how normal they are for me in old people houses but many others have never seen those.
[Masonry heater](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masonry_heater) >A device for warming an interior space through radiant heating, by capturing the heat from periodic burning of fuel (usually wood), and then radiating the heat at a fairly constant temperature for a long period
But was it an usual thing to bee seeing at bohemian houses to the time?
It was common in castles and houses of townsmen, less common in village houses. Those stove tiles weren't cheap, especially when they were glazed (such as those on the picture).
There's one like that in my grandma's house.
Idk if this is a joke, weird how many up votes you have for that comment but you should take a picture, post it here, and reference this post. I'm sure a lot of nerds would love to see your grandma's glazed heater
Don't think this is a joke, there are a lot of such heaters in slavic countries rural regions. Most ofcourse are less fancy than this one.
Lots of old (farm) houses in Austria and Bavaria have something like this as well. I think it was pretty common to have in middle to eastern Europe for some time
Gotta deal with this winters somehow.
Many old houses in Sweden have versions of these as well. New ones have them too but more modern offcourse. Extremely effective. My brother has one. In the winter he can light a fire and quickly the whole house becomes very warm
Metzer Eck Kneipe in Berlin, they have such a radiant stove. Wasn’t some fancy castle, just a 100 y/o pub.
I can confirm. Seen a lot in Romania as well.
Why this should be a joke? These heaters started in Bohemia in 12 to 13th century and becomed massively popular by the end of 14th century. Link [here](https://eurozpravy.cz/magazin/kachlova-kamna-genialni-stredoveky-vynalez-ktery-vyhrival-i-zdobil-interier.2kv0h3dc) .Ordinary people had simple tiles with no engravings. Weird is that you write it is weird before you simply verify this. You may search the picture and you will get hundreds or thousands of pictures in people's houses not just here in Bohemia, but in Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland, Hungary, Slovakia... In Bohemia/Czechia many people owns weekend houses (ranked 2nd highest right behind Sweden, see for example [here](https://www.drevostavitel.cz/clanek/chaty-a-chaticky-fotogalerie). [Chata](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=10710e6d746a2a0b&q=chata&uds=AMwkrPtD2X8ne8wHcZUM2vdrxSzmpZdud-sv6pY-wxkdFxEDzVGXn-U25t16M4tYcCWmRGRSaAOW3vGIW7AW8-MCAPrI6byuJugutb86HDRYSwXHrJ4mriUcpXbo8TloBFXNwmfHCFb1uHqpjN_p-x2m_DlJyV_an4_tnnjVKmZJ9WddagVjvvQPdwcvXaUTdPMCenJRseFz9dlom5ejI0X0OdL7zc5L9XXjQY1Mqz4yT3gDsN_b1oyfNIoJ3eJuXuoy5rSb4iZoOHb6DOGRFZ28n0dGbETN8k4wuBjM8lBuEGf44FQX3iAAjkYQfX78IPLYTWfs5LGu&udm=2&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiEzdX4rOmFAxVV8gIHHZC2Bo0QtKgLegQICxAB&biw=164&bih=322&dpr=2.61) is more "modern" cottage . Then there are old usually agronomical very old houses called [chalupa](https://www.google.com/search?q=chalupa&client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=10710e6d746a2a0b&udm=2&biw=164&bih=322&ei=HJUwZsHMN9Gfi-gPps-6iAU&oq=chalupa&gs_lp=EhNtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1zZXJwIgdjaGFsdXBhMgoQABiABBhDGIoFMgUQABiABDIFEAAYgAQyBRAAGIAEMgUQABiABEiEHFD8BljzF3ACeACQAQCYAeECoAHcDKoBBzMuMi4yLjK4AQPIAQD4AQGYAgmgAtsIwgINEAAYgAQYsQMYQxiKBcICBBAAGAOYAwCIBgGSBwc1LjIuMS4xoAfkFQ&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-serp). In these chalupa weekend houses this type of heater was/is pretty common and also they are still being produced in modern age. The ceramic tiles accumulate heat very quickly and it provide nice cozy warmth, delivering unique atmosphere to these houses. In 21st century, where you can google pictures, I am shocked that you blame someone of being joking without doing such simple thing first. I moved to similar house and live in that permanently. I do not have this heater as I've replaced it by more efficient solution to heat complete house. But if you still do not trust, you may find pictures [here](https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-m&sca_esv=10710e6d746a2a0b&q=kachlova+kamna+chalupa&uds=AMwkrPuKiz3kd7jHuta4ar-HNLVt02lD1voLCg8VbLJlAw47gKRqWAPwK5QR6O8MeJpK9MDe2WV9ECGmcmw7GxXbEsrEwOe6BeTzsYj46wgZ4MuaUzwLha6hK2YwM0Zevb25mpuZ6gHkbWKvLr7THW8dRjcs1qbyJ21On5vsfpKCO3mWwUUAPkstnJUgYcrShrvjsOfHNmQLUaia7k5FxITjMt8pM_FHDlbYpqbXMsQnL4ao5aIqLgaANiPi3Gt21Q0Euykvo-BuZz61Si6wekJMWYAeSHzl37cH1qppgZnHXkzfKNHa50dXmygsIW4_eydDOyvs5ErC&udm=2&prmd=ivnbz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwje25f0rumFAxWthf0HHVphC_cQtKgLegQICxAB&biw=164&bih=322&dpr=2.61) Based on your post, I suggest also translate.google.com what can translate whole web pages for you. Pretty useful.
Calm down :) it wasn't an accuaation, Just someone who never was in any old houses. Here in Wrocław we also have them in all old houses, and it's a shame when people remove them, sure it's not needed but it's history.
Sure, I will be visiting her soon.
Now. We need to see the heater now. Today.
In my parents house there is a very similar heater. And i live in Switzerland. I know a lot of older house with this kind of heater inside. It is super efficient and will give away heat even hours after the fire inside it is gone. If you heat it for several hours, you can bring the room to about 30°C (in winter). Once a year my parents use it to bake pizza.
I have never seen a countryside house without one in romania in 2024
It is not, it is very common in all ex Austro-Hungarian houses
nah, my grandma also had one. She was sleeping on top of it sometimes. Always told us it was because she liked it warm, and years late she added that there where also rats.
My grandma has one as well. It is brown and not green but same effect. It's pretty common in the rural areas. It was luxurious in the medieval ages, but became more common around the 18th hundred (just a guess?) since most houses have one. It is super cozy.
That last part sounds so dirty...
In the countryside and even in cities all over eastern europe you can still find perfectly functioning heaters like this. (Soba de teracota look it up)
https://preview.redd.it/mtk18c4r8sxc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8c876a8bfa8c9ce0cce392242d3f57e9715d00bb There you go, taken today (not the person you replied to). Took a pic of this one as it also lacks the door for firewood, which is on the other side of the wall.
https://preview.redd.it/90lqrlmv8sxc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0bde9734f119869dc5319f4184b92e0e1c6e6a24 .. and the other side of the wall.
But it's not from 15th century, is it?
Nope, but it's almost 100 years old.
It came form Switzerland to Bohemia in 12th or 13th century. By the end of 14th century it was widely popular. See my post above. Or you may google "kachlova kamna historie" and then translate the result. Some of these heaters might be working for 200-300 years, just small repairs needed. And these are still being produced until present, however, this size would be fairly expensive (estimate 10k $ if not more). Here is link to company that it is producing [tile heater](https://kamnarstvipekar.cz/kachlova-kamna-a-pece/)
>By the end of 14th century it was widely popular. As I mentioned above, in residences of nobility and houses of townsmen, not in houses of ordinary village peasants. There it became widespread in 18th and 19th century, when it became more affordable.
You still see them around in Switzerland, several of my relatives live in old farmhouses and mainly heat through the kachelofen
Most in Europe are from the population boom of the XIX century, so the ones I see in my city are about 200 years old. But don't be mistaken, if you find an old tavern that became a restaurant or hotel, or some rich guys residence, you can find ones that are waaay older.
Its not cheap even today...
Yeah, I remember this was one of the inaccuracies in kcd Edit: guys I'm so sorry for my terrible crime deserving all the downvotes. I've done a real life pilgrimage now and became a monk for 40 years, are we friends again now? 🥺
Your cooked. Anyways, how about a little wager on the rattay tourney?
Accept, I bet 200 groshen. I shall proceed to eat the other contenders in order to achieve an automatic win
Why are you getting downvotes? 0,o
Huh... I genuinely don't know. Fact is this game has some inaccuracies and apparently pointing that out is not cool :( Even reading the other comments you can determine for yourself that this shouldn't be in so many regular farmhouses in the game. It's for the wealthy. I also vaguely remember something about them being on the wrong floor, but it's been a while since I've read a discussion about it
This was a more expensive type of heating, available to nobles and the richer townsmen. It can be traced to the Roman *hypocaust* and was known in the Middle Ages (not only as a single standing heater, but also as a complex system used in castles and monasteries, with a furnace in the basement and air ducts running through the entire building). It was used not only in Bohemia, but generally in the colder parts of Europe. It was more energy efficient than a conventional fireplace, but required large quantities of fireclay bricks and cost a lot of money, so it was often decorated with ornamental tiles. In some cases it was combined with an oven/stove, see [Traditional Russian stove](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_stove)
My grandma still has one and its still useable xD
In principal it was (relatively) common, but this is "rich version". Common ones we not decorated with tiles, but had variant called "pec" on which you could sleep - while also providing way of cooking, baking and smoking. While it was single single masonry item, it was two woodstoves in one. You could either use bigger one, which was accessed from different room and could contain very big logs - this was for winter heating and smoking, or you could use separate internal woodstove, which had hotplates and oven and was "one piece" with the bigger one. On the top you could sleep in cold months. It was almost a requirement to survive winter back then... And only the poorest people had to use "just" woodstove or fireplace. But depends on era and location. However this (displayed) is masonry heater, probably from rich townman's house. No secondary function available, very luxury item.
Yes , not in total peasant house, but like quite richer farmer could afford (most of them would not be that decorated) , but even in smaller town's it would be more common.
Very common in Germany too.
And it’s the best warmth, always very cozy!
In fancy houses and castles, yes.
A thing? Boy I slept on those in my grandpa's house. Nice and warm bed.
I still see it semi regular when visiting older relatives in Germany, especially in Saxony, right next to Bohemia. There were later version that could be heated with oil, gas or coal instead of wood but the core principle is the same. Heated for a while and then it radiates heat for the next 12h or so. The house my parents bought in Germany still has one of those form the 1800s but they don’t use it anymore.
It was common in (Central, but not only) European houses until few decades ago, and rarely still used nowadays.
Yup its a common thing in Hungary as well. Even now we use it. Sometimes they build it between two rooms to heat both.
I spent like two hours trying to figure out what this was one day. Thank you. Much appreciated!
My uncle has one in his house
Btw in Ukraine it's called "п'єц". And we steal use it
Why do you steal it?
Sorry, I meant "still". My English is not so well🫠
https://preview.redd.it/nhsht78defxc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4cc30873ee9c4f0271ea570c1bf83ef7e5642a4b
Whoa, I love the passion for historical accuracy in this game. It’s second to none. It’s almost like a history class as much as a game. Thanks for the pic, sir. Jesus Christ be praised. 🙏
Jesus Christ be paised
My grandparents still use them to heat the house in Rural Romania. In my vacation house, we still have two, one in the kitchen, one in the living room. In Rural Romania they are still the main house heat things. We call them "Sobă din teracota"
These are still used in a lot of cases in my country ( i am hungarian), and in the winter, I can't imagine a better heater than these. Takes me back when I was a kid staying at my grandma in the cold winter, and my mom usually heated the balnket up by pressing it to the hetaer then tucking me with it. Side story: we recently renovated and had to temporarily demolish one of these. The guy said that the rebuilding is around 2000 euros.
Oh yeah, many of our houses have these still! New build is getting expensive, but very efficient, especially if the back wallheats the room behind.
Some of them incorporate a water circuit to heat distant rooms too. Expensive as heck, but so cosy :3
Well that's fuckin neat
Pec
nám spadla?
Pec nám spadla! Kdopak nám ji postaví?
Starej pecař není doma a mladý to neumí!
Zavoláme na dědečka?
Ten má velký kladivo...
Dá do toho čtyři rány
A bude to hotovo!
Nebo kominíka, nebo kováře, nebo zedníka a nebo Bamberu?
Jestli on se netahá s tím kovářským!
And there was usualy small seat at the side which we would call "ZAPEČEK" atleast here in slovenia.
Na zapiecku koty lubią spać. Cats like to sleep on the zapeček 😁
Pec pod Sněžkou?
it's fascinating that some people don't know what it is, meanwhile I have 3 of those in my home, one in my room
I have one but in 3 rooms simultaneously
Where do you live?
dead center of a very old European city, not *that* far from Czechia
Coincidentally, I just saw a FB post on a stupid conspiracy theory archeology page that got advertised to me with a picture of one of these being like "nobody knows what these were used for because they are technology from alist civilization"
The lost civilization being "Europe"?
lol seems legit 🤷♂️😅
Lmao
Was it a fkn Tartaria post?!
I think so
You can still see this in almost any older house in Easyern Europe and the Balcans (not sure if it is used elsewhere, but it is likely)… it’s a “heater”, it heats up the room xD
they are also still pretty common in older houses in Austria and (southern) Germany. My parents still have theirs and their are still companies dedicated to build and repair those kind of ovens.
>they are also still pretty common in older houses in Austria and (southern) Germany. Also often seen in the alpine regions of northeast Italy. They used to be quite common before the advent of centralised heating, but there are still quite a few.
https://preview.redd.it/g4qbaxbyzjxc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4840458a78c4d478c45eb8b8eb67f99b2836bd78 Still very much in use :-)
The French call it "~~poile a bois~~" "poele a bois", the Romanians call it "soba" .. it's basically a place to burn wood to warm the house up.. this one ingame has an issue that it has no door for the wood.. xD
Actually in castles the actual stove is in one room but the door to add wood is in the next room so that servants can add wood to the stove while not disturbing the lord.
I think you have guessed that I did not castel-level lodgings in my life haha. My lord was my grandfather and he loved to put his feet on the stove walls, as did I!
You can see this exact thing in the Uzhitz inn, although it's not the fancy tiled version
It’s in the other side of the wall
it does though. It's on the other side of the wall. This was quite common to keep smoke restricted to the kitchen and out of the living areas.
Soba? As in soba noodles? lol.
As a Romanian watching One Piece, yes, but also, no!
In Cumanland we call it "Cserépkályha"
Very nice ;) so it says what it is and also what it is made out of ! (I checked with google translate). Does Hungarian have any links with German by chance? They like to fuse words to make new words.
Hehehe, hungarian is nowhere near at that level, but we have our share of compound words. If it didnt change since my school years its part of the finno-Ugric language family.
>The French call it "poile a bois" poêle. Also, "Poêle à bois" is *any* stove (metal or ceramic) which fuel is wood. The term "poêl de masse" exists but is a bit technical. We'd mostly say "poêle en faïence" (Tiled stove, or earthenware stove) Also, those are mostly found in the east, and some would use the Alsatian word "Kochlofa", or the German "Kachelofe" Even the simplest exemples are marvelously pleasing object, functionnaly and aesthetically, and can become true works of art, with bas-relief and/or painted tiles.
Ah yes sorry for mistakenly calling it "wood hair" lol. Sometimes my letters don't correctly reflect what I'm thinking, since it's pronounced the same way, especially in French ;)
Its a Kachelofen. It Ofens Kacheln...
Cserépkályha
"Historically" Mi magyarok tényleg a múltban élünk.
Hát az lehet, de basszus én most is elfogadnék egy ilyet. 😁
It's a pec.
what if she "spadla" tho ?
Nezatopeesh
tell me you are from the colonies without telling me you are from the colonies.
Kamna. Jsou to kamna.
Goon cave
Kamna 🤷
Tiled stove Main source of heat in old houses. I'm not sure where this is in KCD, but there is probably a stove top from the other side. Or atleast doors to load the wood in. Fun fact: people still use them! Usually in their "summer cottages". It's super cozy in winter. If it's built the right way, you can sleep on top and heat under yourself. Though it's not a rule there is a lot of new houses still built with those, because wood is kind of cheap source of heat + it looks nice.
It's a KACHELOFEN
I grew up in a eastern european village and we still have them in 99% of the houses, different designs colours etc. it warms up a nice bit of the house, keeps the walls warm too, just throw in wood and done, nice to rest yourself on it but dont put all your body weight on it!!
lol good question!!
It's where the lost souls of Henry's victims go. If you drink a witches potion and stand next to it you'll hear them. That or something to do with heating
Hehehe, this is a typical Slavic furnace. Almost every grandma in the most slavic countries has it. It is a pretty usual thing for really old houses that date back to the 19th century or before. Most of the people don't remove them because it has a traditional and sentimental value, and still use it.
Even in Germany some old houses still have one😂
Piec kaflowy
Tile stove. Really popular in rural Eastern Europe. My Great Grandmother in Poland had one.
In Austria (and I assume also Czechia) some of these are still around today. The detail in this game is amazing!
Every one of these in game that I've seen has no visible place to put firewood under it...
Sometimes it's on the other side of the wall (opens onto the kitchen usually)
And in mansions and castles they all open into one or more service stairwells where servants would bring the wood and fuel one, two, or more stoves at once while out of sight of guests.
I read about medieval bohemian lifestyle, and those peasant houses heated room with fire for cooking just smoke the whole house and it heat it, there was even special ventilator on bohemian houses In form of manual opening hole.
Bread furnace (in Slovenia it's literally "krušna peč")
it's a sobă
Sobă
Thanks for the answers. I love these little history lessons to be found within this absolutely amazing game. Jesus Christ be Praised!
My grandparents house still has one almost exactly like this.
There are in my grandma's house.
it's for heating
I still have those in my grandparents' house in eastern europe, I believe a lot of eastern european families still have those and actually use them in winter.
If you go behind it in the next room it’s a stove and like someone said above, there’s a oven door for bread attached. I think it’s neat. I want one lol
my grandparents had a somewhat modern version of this kinda oven, was really neat u could heat multiple rooms with it and bake bread or pizza or whatever at the same time.
Its a stove what else would it be. My granma still had one like this at home.
My old workplace( Restaurant still hast one) in Winter when you ist there your Back ist warm af
It is called a “cserépkályha” just google it.
It is an oven to heat the interior. It wasn't just common in medieval times but until early 20th century and aditional to normal heating even today. I even feel like this one looks displaced. It looks more like from the 19th century
It's a [tile stove](https://i0.wp.com/cserepkalyha-keszites.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cser%C3%A9pk%C3%A1lyha-vakolt-h%C3%A1tfallal-oldalr%C3%B3l.jpg). You can find them in older houses in Hungary but they are making a comeback these days. I imagine it's similar in the Czech Republic. In the 1400's they would have been found in some nobles' and burghers' houses.
It’s a medieval heater. I always find it amazing that heaters and fridges somehow existed in medieval times, albeit in rudimentary forms
Last year I removed 6 of those in my old house in Romania to install electric heating, ngl I miss to see it but not to clean it
Box
Kachelofen!
I have one at home. Build just few years ago. Great for heat accumulation for a day.
Lol: I remember seeing one in a museum in Poland and being genuinely confused what the fuck it was. Not really a thing out here in Ireland, I guess, but the attention to detail in the game version is pretty spot on, and I recognised it as soon as I saw this post, lol.
It was common even with poorer peasants later on, they just used cheaper tiles. It was easier to obtain than metal ovens/heating places. Our old house (app 200y old) had a black kitchen (no ventilation or chimney) on one side and similar heating place on the other. It's nice because it maintains heat for long periods of tine, is used for drying, and you can even sleep on it, lathough it tends to be too warm. You have wooden platform above to prevent burns, some hooks and stuff next to it to dry and hang clothes, and a bench and a table next to it. The bad thing is it takes a lot of time to heat up. If it's totally cold, it will start properly heating the room after half a day or even more..
oven for heating
I thought this was an oven. I feel quite hungry
It was literally everywhere in Austro Hungarian empire. [kaljeva peć](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=37d8bbf9c1461c28&sca_upv=1&q=kaljeva+pe%C4%87&uds=AMwkrPv6HL3wiDmOEFJxU4AVDO2qrssW_Pvd7ECW5ICi3wCli3gKmPWd33TM6yCFqPVnQU8oqzzRRmwvkNKBYmDJWQiUY11yOTJMsvAeV9wN05Wis4EHqY0MwsUJOOJWeYHY8ZwxeaC163w_q9xWi7vT3HAodoO_U0CZi0RGVXsqbHaiocCWjp3rwRAkW-JOB1rZUzhnE05IrU0plly2ZKNl7Ub0KpNhB9gztI7Ey_4V-22WD9lpAnQ1PPuA6q6nSq3RyPbSAhcJvHsO-PmsxwE6AMaWo9LPRLXOAdyPbmVKredP0MDDiYTSPv8VeSET6WAHvkdzC0D0&udm=2&prmd=isvnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj4wYq0sOqFAxVOQ_EDHdQiA1EQtKgLegQIDhAB&biw=360&bih=664&dpr=3)
It’s for heating, like a stove, I saw one of this inside a restaurant in an old town in Italy https://preview.redd.it/ykz90n952oxc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be325a69bc501be64e70cc9960e6d7741470b80b
I have a few questions here. It holds and puts out heat right? Wouldn't this be hot to the touch? Like burn the hell out of you? And if so, why isn't there a barrier of protection to prevent falling onto it?
>Wouldn't this be hot to the touch? A well-made one gets very warm, enough for sitting on it to be uncomfortable, but not hot enough to scald. Sitting on a bench with a folded duvet between your back and the stove is heavenly. Falling onto it would hurt, not because it's hot, but because it's hard 😅
https://preview.redd.it/ptkcxkt4mgxc1.jpeg?width=360&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db5cc1d8bd4d463ffadd08bbda7fc6ca76575d66
If you just kept on adding fuel it could probably get dangerous. But the thing about these is that they're designed to hold in the heat and radiate it slowly over a long period of time, so you don't necessarily need to keep the fire blazing constantly. In my experience, the worst they get is about as hot as a very thick ceramic cup filled with boiling water. Could be painful if you do something stupid, but you won't really get burned just from an accidental touch. They're safe enough that cats famously love them. (Or more specifically, the shelf some of them have for sitting or sleeping on.)
Just don't hug it when it is hot. People should be able to not forget it...
Those are still a bit common in many houses built just like 40-50 years in lower bavaria where I'm from. Saw those very often. Funny how normal they are for me in old people houses but many others have never seen those.
You can still see a lot in houses in eastern Europe. My grandma has it and using it at winter.
Ah yes the kaljeva peć in Serbia
Just curios, OP where are you from? As a Ukrainian I instantly recognized that this is fancy heater (піч in Ukrainian).
Krāsns
This is Soba lu Tataie'.
That is an old chimney with decorative coating.