{"id":165,"date":"2022-07-10T18:24:33","date_gmt":"2022-07-10T22:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gerberfamily.org\/wp\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2022-09-05T09:38:05","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T13:38:05","slug":"vorder_giebel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gerberfamily.org\/wp\/vorder_giebel\/","title":{"rendered":"Vorder Giebel"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Introduction<\/h3>\n

There has been much intrigue regarding the farm called “Giebel”, or “Gibel”.   Giebel is actually a family of farms that consists of the following farm names:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Vorder Giebel<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Mittler Giebel<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Hinter Giebel<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Giebelmoos<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Giebelfeld<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Giebelkellen<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Giebelhohe<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Giebelgr<\/span>\u00e4bli\n

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    Various spellings of the above houses have been used over the years.  The term, “Giebel”, simply means “gable” in English.  The prefixes and suffixes often denote the location or position of each house relative of the others, and sometimes they denote the type of land on which the farm sits.<\/span><\/p>

    This page is dedicated to the house named “Vorder Giebel” due to its interesting history.  If you have questions regarding any of the other houses, please feel free to ask your questions through this website.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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    Location<\/h3>

    The Giebel farms are located just east of Langnau im Emmental, Canton Bern, Switzerland.\u00a0 They are actually located north of a town called “B\u00e4<\/span>rau”<\/span>.\u00a0 The Ilfis river runs just south of the farms.\u00a0 The southern sides of the houses face the tallest peaks of the Swiss Alps.\u00a0 The farms cascade down the hillside to the north.\u00a0 \u00a0 The houses are located on a hillside known as Giebel.\u00a0 It was thought that the houses were named “Giebel” due to the prominent “gables” on the houses, but all Emmental farmhouses share that feature.\u00a0 Rather, the plateau at the top of the hill on which these farms are located is in the shape of a “gable”.\u00a0 Therefore, it is suspected the houses are named after the landscape, not the architecture.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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