Fachwerk 

4 creative works found

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  Old World
  by RainbowDesign

  This is supposedly the narrowest house in Germany. It stands in Lauenburg by Hamburg, and I can´t imagine a house smaller than this. I loved the bright colors of the door contrasting with the brickwork. Old Holland watercolors / 1995 Lauenburg is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated at the northern bank of the river Elbe, east of Hamburg. The town was founded in 1182 by Bernard of Ascania, the ancestor of the Dukes of Lauenburg. Lauenburg was a duchy until 1689; the area of the medieval fief was roughly identical with today’s district. In medieval times Lauenburg was a waypoint on the Old Salt Route, while today it is the southern terminus of the Elbe-Lübeck Canal.

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  Like onion layers
  by Jörg Holtermann

  Eguisheim, Alsace (France) This town is a truely medieval town, founded in the 7th century on the (today presumed) location of a Roman fort. This town-type is sometimes called an “onion town” as with the exception of the east-west main road all streets circle around the center of the town like the layers of an onion. In medieval times the center was formed by a water castle (built on the 8th century, parts can still be seen incorporated in buildings that are still in use today). In this photo we see the two outermost roads of that classic onion layer of streets, as they merge into a single, somewhat wider, street. The outermost road is called “rue de rempart” which means “street of the city wall”, as it followed that. The old framework buildings are very interesting to study as many window frames are carved with (often religious) sayings or ornaments.

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  Kaysersberg - bridge
  by Jörg Holtermann

  A view of the medieval bridge over the small river Weiss in the town of Kaysersberg (or Kaisersberg). The middle of the bridge carries a small chapel – just big enough for the statue of (iirc) Saint Mary. Kaysersberg is located in the foothills of the Vosges and was historically an important passage point between the Rhine Valley and the Lorraine. 1227 the town is first mentioned in documents as Castrum Keisersberg. / Friedrich II had the strategically important point fortified – though it is probable that there was already a castle here, before the commissioned mayor Wölflin bought the ground that was then fully fortified. Of the mighty castle remains only a ruin. / 1293 Kaysersberg received City Rights and in 1353 it joined the Décapole (the 10-city alliance of Free Imperial Cities in the Alsace). / After the 30-Year-War Kaysersberg came under French rule as stipulated in the peace treaty. Today the town visited by many tourists – partly for the medieval architecture and partly for the wine (Tokay variety) when they follow the wine route through the Alsace. Another magnet for some tourists is the birth house of Albert Schweitzer that now houses a museum dedicated to this son of the town. ++ Location: Kaysersberg, département Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France

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  My Home is My Castle
  by Daidalos

  This old building we live in (second floor only). Our Home. Small village / countryside, South-Bavaria. Rural region. / In Germany, this kind of building is called “Fachwerk- haus” (English: Timbered Building? – I am not sure). / Bavaria. Oberbayern. / Germany. This architecture is typical for the Black Forest Region, South Wurttemberg, but there are lots of these buildings also in Bavaria and in Central Germany. Single image HDR, 3 steps, EV -1, 0, +1, Photomatix 2.4. / Postworking in PSE7 Nikon D90 DSLR with Nikkor AF-S 18-105G ED VR. / F=10.0 Tv=1/250 FL=18.0/27mm ISO=200. Featured in Unique Buildings of the World – August 2009