Haufendorf

A Haufendorf is an enclosed village with irregular plots of land and farms of greatly differing scale, usually surrounded by a stockade fence (German: Ortsetter). They are typically found in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, whence the name. Haufendörfer (pl.) differ from most other types of village in that they are irregularly laid out. A large number of Haufendörfer emerged in connexion with the medieval open field system (Gewanneflur), where each farmer farmed strips of different fields and the location of these field strips continually changed. The district (Gemarkung) was divided into the village core (Dorfkern), field system (Ackerflur) and common pasture (Allmende).

The Haufendorf of Heudorf bei Meßkirch around 1575

A Haufendorf is sometimes also referred to as a "clustered village" or "irregularly nucleated village".[1]

References

Dickinson, Robert E (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 134. ASIN B000IOFSEQ.

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[1] Dickinson, Robert E (1964). Germany: A regional and economic geography (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 134. ASIN B000IOFSEQ.

European village types
(If the same type of village is known by alternative names, it may be linked more than once.)
Closed types	Angerdorf Haufendorf Reihendorf Rundling Straßendorf Zeilendorf
Open types	Hufendorf Streusiedlung
Terrain-specific types	Hagenhufendorf Fehnkolonien Marschhufendorf Moorhufendorf Waldhufendorf