As Dan said, we used (like most people at that time) the three-field crop rotation system.
Czech landscape is generally hilly. Northern Bohemia has for example very thick forests, with threes extremely close to each other and constant fog. It of course looks all very differently in Central Bohemia, Moravia or Silesia.
You’ll have a village either near a castle or a water source, with big fields that are surrounded by forests.
Those types of villages are called Waldhufendörfer. Houses were built along a street or a rivulet and behind each farmstead are the long and narrow strips of field till the edge of the forest (as Snowblade already said and depicted).
Those villages are very common where I live (Dresden, Saxony and Ore Mountains), but also Lausitz, North Bohemia and several other regions.
Also, let’s not forget that majority of forests consisted of broad-leaved trees in Europe. Nowadays, there are pinophyte quite a lot, but those were planted during 18th century!
Thanks for all the interesting replies everyone!
@Snowblade
I’m curious - What are those tower like structures attached to the ends of the houses in your second picture? Are they some form of granary? Were longhouse style houses the predominant type in the medieval Czech Republic as well, as they were in many other places in Northern and Western Europe?
@Ebu_diGriz
That’s an interesting and very good point!
@Hellboy
Thanks for the reply Daniel! It’s always hard to know what is and isn’t a placeholder in these early stages 
Yeah, I can imagine it’s quite hard to get it exact, especially since the archaeological and historical record is rarely ever complete. It’s often a matter of interpretation. I know your pain, my Master’s was in (Roman) Archaeology. Maybe it’s just me, but I’d be really interested to hear more about the research you guys have done for the game. I’m glad you guys have been doing so much of it. A bibliography or list of sources you consulted would be really cool to have as well! I’d imagine it will also be a useful resource for all the historical debates there will be on this forum
I think you are right, it’s either granary or a place for the hay.
This house is from Pfaffenschlag, a village that were burned by Hussites. It’s near Slavonice, at the South.
The granary looks like the tower like structures you were asking, though smaller. So I guess you are right.
Picture of the whole village: http://www.neradova.com/wpimages/wp6858136e_06.jpg
P.S: Note there are still no chimney.
I can see a oven there. Guess thats the way they kept warmth in building.
Also is first picture corss-section through buildinding? Plus it seems that oven does have chimney but it leads to attic. Is there some explanation?.
(also i must say that this is most interesting topic here, it made me research plužinas but unfortunately i did not find out much new to add to the topic.)
UPDATE: I found this document that is focused on medieval houses around 1300-1500.
http://www.ruralia.cz/347-356.pdf
As @EBU_DIGRIZ mentioned. Medieval forest/wood was very different from our recent forest.
After quick search I have found that in urbary of Rosenberg manor from 1373 there should be a record of state of its forest. This record should include its size, the types (species?) composition of fauna and its assumed usage.
Here is my source, it in czech and it does not say much: http://www.czso.cz/csu/2014edicniplan.nsf/t/6E0031FC52/$File/32011840614.pdf
UPDATE: I have also found that there is book called “Rožumberský urbář” (Urbary of Rosembrg), it is academic book. Now I am trying to learn more.
Well Warhorse are czechs, so yeah, they know what theyr doing.
Some points to adress - If you talking about shape of the fields and types of the buildings (for example) it looks exactly as in some older czech villages. Exactly spot on !
For the fields - All of czech republic and slovakia is rocky as hell. There isnt much flat space here now, and there wasnt basically any then. So you see fields go up and down the hill constantly. And in most areas there simply isnt nothing else but forrest, rocks, bad soil where you cant grow anything. And as a result of that you will see them in various shapes and sizes (where you have nowhere to grow, you arent picky). And there are other as well, like rain rain. Hell its rainy here. It rains constantly. And because the water runnig down the hill damaging your crops and flooding your seeds , taking them away. You simply cant have wast fields without any protection from that. You rather make some blocade against the water (plant trees, dig a canals and trenches) on a smaller scale.
The fields you saw in the trailers arent the typicall fields which fed the nobles, and the whole nation( as it was the farmers duty). Those were much larger, but rather the personall fields of the farmers that worked them in their free time (so they could eat or sell them). Or they had a cows, sheeps, pigs, chickens in those areas, (those with the mudd). It was just a private area of the family, or the village a secondary income if you will.
Yes, it’s corss-section of the building. There is source, where you can fing also ground plan (basicly what remain) http://silva-nortica.blog.cz/1307/pfaffneschlag-zanikla-stredoveka-ves-u-slavonic
They never let fire die out in medieval so oven wasn’t only heater, it keeps fire for people who use it in many tasks. Now, fire is also nice subject to talk about. They did not use torches as much as we think. They splinters were most common or candles (which stink as were made of fat - vax were expensive).
That short chimney is called “dýmník” (in Czech). It leads smoke to attic and then out trough covered holes on both ends of the roof (notice it on the first picture). Eventually it become long chimney, but wooden with clay spread on inner sides (https://scontent-b-fra.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn2/t31/1425397_679527875412800_1180456997_o.jpg). Those wooden one were common untill Marie Terezie ban them as they obviously cause many accidents with fire involved.
PS: Nice document, really.
I’ve got a question about the map design:
will there be areas like swamplands or little lakes with reeds at water’s edge?
I don’t know the landscape of bohemia, so I just ask: If there is no swamp, then there shall be none.
In my opinion it’s just great to travel such areas in computer games. Perhaps a swamp fits in one of the acts, although i don’t know important bricks and clay were in this time period.
I’m sure the game will be awesome, with or without swamps and muddy feet. 
cheers
We have something like swamps in Czech republic, but not in this area.
CZ is, or was in some cases full of swamps, lakes, rivers, mountains, forrests, hills and lowlands. And yes I think they mentioned that.
Not really, swamps were quite rare but since the first act is taking place near by the river and several streams, there could be at least some small swamps. There is the probalbe map of the act 1 - mostly forests, rivers and streams.
Good stuff guys! Lot’s of interesting info
Yes I agree! Spruces were not main part of the forests in 15th century. Warhorse studio should calculate with this fact and redisgn their enviroment. I find this map: 
It shows where should grow spruces if there wasn´t any reforestation by human. Grenn locations represent high concentration of spruces, yellow low concentration and brown are totaly without spruces. Location of this game is situated southeast of Prague in yellow location. So I think in game should be more oaks, beeches and other deciduous trees.
What a great community. People come armed with images and everything. This thread has been very educational and I think will be of real value to the developers (the best that can come of this forum). Please keep it up.
That’s all I wanted to add.
I’d like to second MJJ - I’m finding these threads about historical minutiae fascinating! I’m in no sense a medieval historian, so I appreciate experts and enthusiasts offering their knowledge. Thanks to everyone for contributing to my learning!
I think the usual English translation would be “A three-field system of agriculture” or “Three field crop rotation”, so the direct literal translation is ‘good’.
