The house #12 is known now in the village as the Voitl (Voidl) house. In a custom that still lingers here; the Schäferling family name is also known as "Voitl", from where the family originated.
The original house dates back to 1424 and no longer stands. The house and barn were built in 1826 by Antonus (Anton) Joachim b. 1778 and his wife, Theresia Voitl b. 1786, 1 year after the birth of Franz X. Joachim.
In 1950, the front part of the house was raised and replaced with a newer structure. In 1971 the house was renovated and in 1989 parts of the barn were modified into an apartment.
A portion of the barn and the back end of the structure of 1826 still stand.
During WWII, Anton Schäferling , was in charge of providing food and shelter for refugees who came from East Prussia, Silesia, and Pomerania, which were overrun by the red army and now belong to Poland. The refugees who moved into the house in 1945 were;
- Kurt Lutz from Augsburg
- Mrs. Kopetzdy
- Josef and Sopie Barwig
- Mrs. Unzeitig and her daughter Hannelore
Also during WWII, a woman named Anna Botschaftska from the Ukraine was sentenced to hard labor on the farm.
Below are links to the Joachim Families who have lived in this house. The house remains in the Schäferling family today.
- Antonius (Anton) Joachim b. 1778
- Josephus (Josef) Joachim b.1812
- Joseph Joachim b. 1851
- Crescentia Joachim-Schäferling b. 1897
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