Hunter’s House, Germany

This Hunter’s House lays hidden at the edges of the forest, on the outskirts of a quiet village in northern Germany. Unfortunately, I cannot find much information on how long this house has been abandoned. It appears to be at least 5 years but possibly a lot longer. We visited Hunter’s House in the summer 2018 East Germany Tour.

This house was once home to an old man, who in his youth was a hunter. His trophies still decorate the walls, the overwhelming majority are deer skulls and antlers. Furthermore, several birds decorate the walls; all stuffed and mounted on wooden plaques. The nearest neighbour was not his biggest fan, being an animal lover she did not approve of her former neighbour’s hobbies.

Rooms filled with taxidermy

The living room is of a rustic style, and has is simply decorated. The furniture is old and mismatched. There is an old CRT TV, which is starting to show signs of damp and mold. Above the larges sofa, there is a clear space where the ghost outline of a frame is seen. The outline is interesting and raises the question of why was this taken and so many other ornaments and trophies left.

In the dining room there are other signs of removed items from the walls; circular outlines suggesting ornamental plates, and the telltale outline of missing small taxidermy plaques. The furniture here is simple, and decorations minimalistic. A single small bookcase resides here, filled with various German-language books. There is a blocky 1980s/1990s style “boom box”; a portable radio with cassette player, in retro silver.

There is an old writing bureau at the far end of the dining room, which is adjacent to the sadly ransacked bedroom. Like the rest of the Hunter’s House, the decoration is simple and consists mainly of taxidermy deer skulls. There is a large stuffed bird, the wings bent up and the tail feathers fanned out in a posthumous display.