As of 1869, Schallerhof was owned by the Schönberger family. Adam Schönberger obtained a license to sell beer in the year 1886. After which, the Schönbergers were farmers and pub keepers. They used their living room as the pub. This was an important meeting point for the village.
In the 1940s, World War II impacted life on the farm. Windows were blacked out because of air raids. Manservants went to the front and maidservants went to work in the arms industry. Prisoners of war and forced labourers from Poland and the Ukraine had to work in their place on the farm.
After the war, the Schönbergers continued operating their pub until 1963. From 1980 until 1983, a disco was run in what used to be the bar area. Shortly thereafter, the Freilandmuseum took over the dilapidated building.
Short facts
- Original location: Trauschendorf, City of Weiden
- Buildings:
- Byre-dwelling (farmhouse combining living quarters and livestock stables under one roof) from 1811 with reconstructed oven
- Barn from 1814 from the village of Neudorf
- Barn from 1853 from the village of Braunetsrieth
- Type of property: “Halber Hof” (medium-sized farm)
- Represented time: 1932 - 1943
- Residents: Georg and Rosina Schönberger with 2 children, parents Adam and Maria with brother Otto Schönberger, and servants and maidservants before 1940. Between 1940 and 1945 prisoners of war and forced laborers had to replace the former servants and maidservants.
- Livestock: 2 horses, 2 oxen, 4 cows, 8 calves, 8 pigs, 30 chickens, 4 geese, turkeys and ducks
- Property owned: 21.35 hectares (52.76 acres) of fields, meadows and forests
- Used until: 1978
- Reconstructed: 1995 - 2000