A chimney is a hood over a free or open fire.

It serves for, the flue gases which are quite injurious to health in certain concentrations to lead into the chimney. They are usually over open fire-places or also over eat in Schmieden attached. Mostly made of metal manufactured, completely rarely also from stone, they protect the persons in the appropriate area a possible smoke poisoning, since they suck in and derive the gases from the fire surface-moderately extended.

In the Austrian one chimney means "chimney "and the chimney sweep as Rauchfangkehrer is designated.

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