About 50m away from the baroque church you find Breitenberg’s historic vicarage; it is located on a little hill, which once might have been a dune. During the restoration parts of the frame work were renewed, the thatched roof was done over again and the windows and doors were fixed. Of course the preservation of ancient monuments was always taken into consideration. This work was subsidised by the government.

During this work painted wooden boards were found in the attic, they were used in the old days for separating the stored harvest.

Until now it’s not known where these artefacts belonged to, it might be that they are parts of the pews of the church which was destroyed 1754 by a stroke of lightning.

The historic vicarage was an extended thatched roof frame house built in west-east direction,

probably it was a combination of  a dwelling-house and farm buildings. Only few parts remained when the new house was built in the 19th century.

The original oak roof framework was a simple talon beam construction in crooked timber  which was in  surprisingly good condition. The way the construction is done shows that it is very old. One presumes that the attic was used as storage for  crops and things like this.

Possibly in connection with the building of the new church in 1764, the building was enlarged to the west.

The time of the renewal of the basement is not known. Then the building was generously supplied with normal windows. The west of the main building got a generous entrance, which classical frame points to the time around 1810/20. This also could be a hint to the time of the whole reconstruction. There is nothing to be found of the old windows in the basement and the two annex to the sides.

During the restoration of 2000 until 2001 of the old section,  samples of the wood from the attic were taken for a dendrochronological dating ( tree-ring dating). There was a surprising result. The wood used for the rafter and the joist above the basement came from three different parts of northern Germany and different times. Probably the mixture of wood was bought up especially for this building. There are no signs but it is believed that the timber has been transported by waterway on the river Stör which is close.

The oldest timber dates back to the winter of 1512/13  and was used for rafters in the northern part, other rafters date back to the summer of 1559 and the timber for the joist was cut in the winter of 1598/99. 1599 might be the year of the vicarage’s construction. According to these and other sources 1598 was the beginning of the pastoral care of the parish.

In 2001 the restorations turned out to be more complicated than thought before, the damage was larger than one could the see from the outside. The roof had to be supported because a frost-proof foundation wall had to be built. Until then the building was set on gravel directly on the sand hill.

Severe damage was done to the building when many refugees moved in and lots of doors got broken into the outside walls, which later on here provisionally bricked up with available bricks.

Because of an overdraw of about  22%  of the cost for the restorations, the work couldn’t  get finished. Only after some money was allowed by the county, the church district of Münsterdorf, and the members of the parish will the work be finished in 2007.

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