Inside Schlicht, An Alternative Farmhouse in Bavaria

Off the beaten track in a rural community in Bavaria is an alternative farmhouse called Schlicht, which was long-ago extended into a home for several families who now run the farm like a community garden. Together they do the gardening work, milk the goats to produce cheese and yogurt, and pick up the eggs from the chicken shed.

As several people who participate in Schlicht also work in the creative scene (on site there’s a goldsmith, a painter, a few musicians, a hat designer, etc) the place is beautifully designed– a total work of art in it’s own right.

While the farm itself is pristine and verdant, the prime real estate is reserved for guests: in the middle of the huge garden is an old chapel that the inhabitants of Schlicht have equipped as a guest room.

While the farm itself is pristine and verdant, the prime real estate is reserved for guests: in the middle of the huge garden is an old chapel that the inhabitants of Schlicht have equipped as a guest room.

The double bed is as broad as the chapel itself, and each of the two people sleeping inside has his own window, which reveals a beautiful view onto the garden.

Flowers lining the windows outside the farmhouse.

Agapanthus (also known as ‘Lily of The Nile’) blooms freely in the gardens.

Schlicht’s beautiful, bohemian-Bavarian decor. (And a well-placed mosquito net.)

A pool on sight offers guests the opportunity to swim with a view of the farm.

An old wagon rests in the garden.

Family members and friends gather to play with the chickens.