In the 12th and 13th centuries the " Waldhufendorf " also became the type of village preferred by German settlers in the Thuringian, Saxon and Silesian regions.
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The only " Waldhufendorf " laid out around the church as its village centre ( in principle cake-shaped ) is the village of Neuweiler-Gaugenwald.
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It is a typical " Waldhufendorf ", that has preserved its tidy, village character today with its rural two-and three-sided farmsteads and timber-framed houses.
