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Rydebäck - Statarlängorna Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 3/16/2009
Difficulty:
1 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Statarlängorna, the cotter houses is one of the information points on the approximately 5km long "culture in the nature"-trail, which is laid out in Rydebäck.

The houses located on either side of the road in the vicinity of the cache are Scoutstugan (the scout cabin) and Sjöstugan (the sea cabin). The cotter houses were built during the time Carl Holtfreter owned the Rydebäck mansion (1845-1880). During his era, the farming area of the farm was expanded, which required more labor. The cotter system had become a popular way in the south of Sweden to get cheap labor. Carl introduced the cotter system on the farm and it was not abolished until in 1945.

The cotters were contract employees and lived on the estates in special accomodations for cotters, known as "statarlängorna" (cotter houses). The cotters were married and were contracted as a family, that meant that the wife was expected to work too. The salary was paid mostly in kind and they had the right to plant a barrel of potatoes (100 kg) per year on the farm's land. Included in the salary was also firewood, cereal, milk and accomodation. The contracts stretched from the last week in October and one year forward. It was during this week, the "hungry week" that the cotters could change their workplace.


Statarlängorna är en av informationspunkterna på den ca 5 km långa "kul tur i natur"-slingan som finns utmarkerad i Rydebäck.

Husen som ligger på ömse sidor av vägen i närheten av cachen är Scoutstugan och Sjöstugan. De uppfördes som statarlängor under den tid då Brukspatron Carl Holtfreter ägde Rydebäcks gård (1845-1880). Under hans ägo utökades gårdens jordbruksareal, vilket krävde arbetskraft. Statarsystemet hade under denna tid blivit ett populärt sätt att få billig arbetskraft i sydsverige. Carl införde statarsystemet på gården och det avskaffades inte förrän 1945.(Källa: Kul tur i natur)

Statarna var kontraktsanställda på i regel ett år i taget och bodde på godsen i speciella statarbostäder, de s k statarlängorna. Statarna var gifta och anställdes familjevis, dvs hustrun förväntades också att arbeta. Lönen betalades till största delen i natura, dvs i en överenskommen stat. Att vara statare innebar kort sagt att ha tagit "stat", därav ordet statare. De hade rätt att sätta en tunna potatis (100 Kg) per år på godsets jord. I övrigt ingick i lönen ved, spannmål och mjölk samt bostad. Årskontraktet sträckte sig från sista veckan i oktober och ett år framåt i tiden. Det var under denna vecka, slankveckan, som de bytte arbetsplats.(Källa: Hans Högman)

statarlänga
Bild: Jan Heidne; Källa: www.galleribruket.se

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