!!!Flurformen

Farmland, Subdivision of: Subdivisions of farmland are often referred 
to as "Flur" in Austria (in the province of Burgenland as "Hotter"). 
Dependent on the prevailing terrain conditions, land tenure, legal 
rules and forestry practice, the layout of the "flur" reflects the 
ages in which the land was settled. Block-like fields stand for the 
older settled areas, strip fields and common fields in previously 
forested areas for the planned colonisation in the Middle Ages 
beginning in 1000 A.D. (mostly in eastern Austria), and hoof-shaped 
clearings for former forest areas cleared during the High and Late 
Middle Ages (Muehlviertel region and western Waldviertel region), 
while holdings outside village precincts are typical of clearing 
throughout the Alpine region. Land reform, reclassification of land 
and changes in farming practices have led to mixed land use patterns, 
and in certain cases to the disappearance of traditional forms.

!Literature
E. Tomasi, Historische Flurformen, in: Oesterr. 
Volkskundeatlas, 6%%sup th/%  edition, 1977.


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