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LAST UPDATED: APRIL 2017 APRIL UPDATED: LAST INFORMATION ON THE GERMAN cities. member associated and Road HALF-TIMBERED HOUSE ROAD House Half-Timbered German the by reserved rights All violations and copyright infringements will be punished. punished. be will infringements copyright and violations Choose from the extensive selection of brochures that we have put law competition Any permitted. not is purposes mercial - together for you: com for excerpts of use the or part) in (even publication es to third parties is not permitted. 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Fachwerkstädte Deutsche S WIR SIND VOM FACHWERK WIR SIND VOM FACHWERK Arbeitsgemeinschaft der in H FACHWERK VOM SIND WIR Fachwerkstraße Deutsche B PUBLISHER W e B s M e r H L D IMPRINT B L D El be H W- L land • Additional cycling brochures are available for routes S along the German Half-Timbered House Road HALF-TIMBERING CONNECTS HALF-TIMBERING A N C B RADKARTE · ETAPPENBEGLEITER H VOM NECKAR ZUM RADKARTE S SCHWARZWALD VOM UND BODENSEE B E NECKAR ZUM WWW.FACHWERK-ARGE.DE K SASBACHWALDEN · SINDELFINGEN · MOSBACH · BESIGHEIM BÖNNIGHEIM · BIETIGHEIM-BISSINGEN · VAIHINGEN A.D. ENZ MARKGRÖNINGEN · MARBACH AM NECKAR · WAIBLINGEN SCHWARZWALD SCHORNDORF · EPPINGEN · ESSLINGEN · KIRCHHEIM UNTER TECK · HERRENBERG · CALW · ALTENSTEIG · DORNSTETTEN UND SCHILTACH · HASLACH · BAD URACH · BLAUBEUREN BODENSEE RIEDLINGEN · GENGENBACH · NEHREN · BIBERACH A.D. RISS group. working M PFULLENDORF · MEERSBURG · BACKNANG · TROCHTELFINGEN SASBACHWALDEN · SINDELFINGEN · MOSBACH · BESIGHEIM WIR SIND VOM FACHWERK WIR SIND VOM BÖNNIGHEIM · BIETIGHEIM-BISSINGEN · VAIHINGEN A.D. ENZ MARKGRÖNINGEN · MARBACH AM NECKAR · WAIBLINGEN SCHORNDORF · EPPINGEN · ESSLINGEN · KIRCHHEIM UNTER the in collaborate interests Legal TECK · HERRENBERG · CALW · ALTENSTEIG · DORNSTETTEN B H SCHILTACH · HASLACH · BAD URACH · BLAUBEUREN RIEDLINGEN · GENGENBACH · NEHREN · BIBERACH A.D. RISS PFULLENDORF · MEERSBURG · BACKNANG · TROCHTELFINGEN W and Education and engineering tion O B FACHWERK WIR SIND VOM - H A Construc road), house half-timbered H E (German Fachwerkstraße Deutsche ing l b - Sg represent teams interdisciplinary Three e E W ALLE REGIONALSTRECKEN buildings. bered - N O H M ZAUBERHAFTE half-tim urban historic of heritage their preserve to HOTELS UND expertise and experience their exchange to together S-S RESTAURANTS VON DER ELBE ZUM HARZ work towns half-timbered These houses. half-timbered • Charming hotels and restaurants along the BINDEHAUSSTRASSE OBERLAUSITZER UMGE VOM HARZ ZUM THÜRINGER WALD VOM WESERBERGLAND ÜBER NORDHESSEN ZUM VOGELS - D BERG UND SPESSART UND TAUNUS ZUM MAIN VOM WESTERWALD ÜBER LAHNTAL H. - of numbers significant have which Germany throughout WALD VOM NECKAR ZUM VOM SCHWARZWALD RHEIN ZUM MAINUND UNDBODENSEE ODEN German Half-Timbered House Road - M L- D communities and towns 130 than more linking been has W B L WIR SIND VOM FACHWERK We have compiled the details of particularly H V. e. group working Fachwerkstädte Deutsche the years 40 For W B S- A K magnificent, unusual, and romantic – i.e. M S D W E- charming – hotels and restaurants along the E R N O German Half-Timbered House Road for you in B D M F S Treffurt L S this brochure. M M- H E R E G herwigsdorf .. F S E C L B H H R A h D H in O S e Fulda Sa ALLE REGIONALSTRECKEN ale H G S T WOHNMOBIL- • Motorhome pitches along the - L STELLPLÄTZE OBERLAUSITZER UMGE - VON DER ELBE ZUM VOM HARZ HARZ ZUM THÜRINGER WALD German Half-Timbered House Road BINDEHAUSSTRASSE - W F VOM WESERBERGLAND VOMÜBER WESTERWALDNORDHESSEN ÜBERZUM LAHNTALVOGELS Westerwald B BERG UND SPESSART VOM RHEIN ZUM MAIN UND ODEN Werr UND TAUNUS ZUM MAIN a VOM NECKAR ZUM SCHWARZWALD UND BODENSEE F WALD Discover the cultural highlights along the German M Half-Timbered House Road in your home on wheels. L R FACHWERK VOM SIND WIR This brochure features the details of selected mo- B C S M torhome pitches with all relevant information in our .. S I member towns. E M F G Ma in T MH H-S S U W D S B D M You are welcome to order these publications from us. Give us a call T G-U a ALL REGIONAL ROUTES R in or send us an email. Detailed information on the regional routes and H M W towns, guided tours, festivals and special events can also be found M on our website. O F E W NORTHERN REGION COMPLETE We wish you a pleasant read and an enjoyable time planning N FROM THE RIVER ELBE TO THE HARZ MOUNTAINS your holiday! M OVERVIEW FROM THE RIVER ELBE TO THE HARZ MOUNTAINS UPPER E B WWW.DEUTSCHE-FACHWERKSTRASSE.DE LUSATIAN LOG AND HALF-TIMBERED HOUSE ROAD FROM THE B EASTERN REGION HARZ MOUNTAINS TO THE THURINGIAN FOREST FROM THE B-B M B be UPPER LUSATIAN LOG AND HALF-TIMBERED WESER HILLS VIA NORTH HESSE TO THE VOGELSBERG MOUNTAINS V .. E nu Da AND SPESSART UPLANDS FROM THE WESTERWALD VIA THE LAHN MWaiblingen HOUSE ROAD S VALLEY AND THE TAUNUS TO THE RIVER MAIN FROM THE RIVER S RHINE TO THE RIVER MAIN AND THE ODENWALD FOREST FROM E S C THE RIVER NECKAR TO THE BLACK FOREST AND LAKE CONSTANCE S K T A H CENTRAL REGION B B U F D FROM THE HARZ MOUNTAINS TO THE THURINGIAN G N B FOREST WE KNOW HALF-TIMBERING WE KNOW S T be r u a n S k a FROM THE WESER HILLS VIA NORTH HESSE TO THE H c D e N R VOGELSBERG MOUNTAINS AND SPESSART UPLANDS B .. R M FROM THE WESTERWALD VIA THE LAHN VALLEY AND P THE TAUNUS TO THE RIVER MAIN FROM THE RIVER RHINE TO THE RIVER MAIN AND THE M ODENWALD FOREST SOUTHERN REGION FROM THE RIVER NECKAR TO THE BLACK FOREST AND LAKE CONSTANCE WELCOME HALF-TIMBERED STRUCTURES GERMAN HALF-TIMBERED FROM THE RIVER ELBE UPPER LUSATIAN LOG AND HALF- on the German Half-Timbered House Road in Germany CONSTRUCTION STYLES TO THE HARZ MOUNTAINS Northern region TIMBERED HOUSE ROAD Eastern region Lower German half-timbering is characterised by Half-timbered towns and villages remain a characteristic of the landscape two- and four-post constructions for large hall houses in many parts of Germany to this day. Indeed, the country’s more than which feature a central hall and entrance hall that can 2.5 million half-timbered structures are the pride and joy of municipalities be accessed directly from the street. The floor plan of and owners. these houses has three sections. Originally the sec- tions at either side of this type of house were used as Wood is the basic material used in the construction of half-timbered build- stalls for the livestock, the central section formed the hallway, and the living ings. The characteristic features of this wood, the climatic conditions and the area and bedrooms faced the garden. This basic floor plan was adapted early carpenters’ skills are decisive to the dimensions and forms of the half-tim- on, particularly in towns. Here, the typical oriel windows were developed. bered houses. Central German half-timbering is common in all low Half-timbered structures have a wood-saving skeleton with self-supporting mountain range areas as far as around the River Neckar timber and curtain walls made of clay or brick. This building method is ex- in the south, Poland in the east and the French Alsace “The most beautiful in the north” – 1,083 km In the heart of Europe is a region with 112 km tremely ecological, environmentally sustainable and aesthetic. in the west. The gables of these houses mostly face River Elbe, Elbe Valley and Wend- S an unmistakable character that is, land, Altmark, Harz, Eichsfeld, Weser even today, shaped by a special type In Northern Germany, the half-timbered buildings are essentially based on the street and are divided into different sections: the parlour faces the front, followed by the kitchen and Uplands, Middle Weser and Wiehen B of architecture: the Upper Lusatian the Lower German hall house in which people, livestock and the harvest H stairway, with the bedrooms at the back. The stalls, Hills: the scenery along the regional D log and half-timbered house. An were brought together under one roof. Central German timber frames are L crop store and bake house were mostly housed in separate buildings. In larg- route from the River Elbe to the Wes- estimated 19,000 of these notewor- H characterised by a central section divided into three areas open to the eaves, S K er settlements, the houses were adapted to urban conditions early on. er Hills could hardly be more diverse.

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