The article deals with the forms of the adaption of vernacular buildings situated in the upper part of the Ore Mountains to cold
climate. Unfavourable climatic conditions in the mountainous areas were a significantly restricting factor, especially in terms of agriculture and permanent settlement. The Ore Mountains folk house is a result of the century-long adaptation to cold climate, and as such it includes a set of purposeful measures. These could be seen in the layout and construction of the house (a compact house with integrated shed, specific forms of roof) and materials used
(boarding or shingle-panelling to protect gables and half-timbered
walls, shingle or thatch roofs). Different architectural elements, which were conditioned by the local climate and were typical for the
traditional architecture in the Ore Mountains, developed there (wind
porch, bay toilet, another entrance on the second floor).