Feldthurns near Brixen, a tiny hamlet called Schrambach. The houses there are crowded together, they number around 30. Among them is Schrotthof, a listed farm whose farmhouse was first mentioned in a document from 1248.
They know that the family has been in possession of the farm since at least 1700, and it has been passed on from generation to generation in succession. The Autonomous Region of South Tyrol designated it an ancestral farm (“Erbhof”) in 1983. Carefully renovated in 2005, many of its corners and angles bear witness to a long history.
And the pictures on the wall in the beautifully panelled parlour prove it. Yellowed black & white photos with holiday costumes and stately uniforms flanked by ones showing a horde of children in the middle of a field or adorable children’s eyes in a once-lush, green meadow.
A fine heritage. Today, Michaela runs the farm with her husband Marius. When they took it over, in 2005, it was a daring move: Michaela’s father had died suddenly, at a relatively young age.
As the oldest of 4 sisters, Michaela took the helm. In the beginning, she leased the fields and meadows of the farm to neighbours because her father was no longer there.
But she gradually began to farm the fields herself. Since 2017, she has run the farm herself and since 2020, she has been an organic farmer.
And the pictures on the wall in the beautifully panelled parlour prove it. Yellowed black & white photos with holiday costumes and stately uniforms flanked by ones showing a horde of children in the middle of a field or adorable children’s eyes in a once-lush, green meadow.
A fine heritage. Today, Michaela runs the farm with her husband Marius. When they took it over, in 2005, it was a daring move: Michaela’s father had died suddenly, at a relatively young age.
As the oldest of 4 sisters, Michaela took the helm. In the beginning, she leased the fields and meadows of the farm to neighbours because her father was no longer there.
But she gradually began to farm the fields herself. Since 2017, she has run the farm herself and since 2020, she has been an organic farmer.