Private company

Huf Haus

Logo: huf-haus.com3

German company

Huf Haus GmbH & Co. KG is a German company operating worldwide and based in Hartenfels, Westerwald region, that manufactures prefabricated timber-framed houses. The houses combine modern glass facades with German Fachwerk ("half-timbered") design. Each building is individually designed.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1912Founded1
Huf Haus in Scotland
Photo: Grap, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons5

Huf Haus GmbH & Co. KG is a German company operating worldwide and based in Hartenfels, Westerwald region, that manufactures prefabricated timber-framed houses. The houses combine modern glass facades with German Fachwerk ("half-timbered") design. Each building is individually designed. The homes, also called Huf houses, are available as zero-energy buildings.2

The story

In 1912, Johann Huf founded a carpentry workshop in the small village of Krümmel in the Westerwald. A year later, the enterprise moved to Hartenfels. In 1948 his son Franz Huf took over management of the enterprise, and enlarged it to a supra-regional provider of carpenter's works, e. g. churches in the Rhineland, the large post administration office in Bonn (1950) as well as the German and Arabic pavilions at Expo 58. The so-called "Huf Fachwerkhaus 2000" was designed in 1972 together with architect Manfred Adams. The principles of this construction are still the standard in all Huf houses. Since 1996, grandsons Georg and Thomas Huf have led the company and brought the products to the world market. They also established "The Huf Haus Village", a collection of Huf family houses, which represent the possibilities of building Huf houses.

On 20 September 2011, Thomas Huf died aged 51.

From Wikipedia’s article on Huf Haus, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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