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Alsfeld
Zietz
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Description for Alsfeld
Hardcover. In 1975, the European Year of Protection of Ancient Monuments, Alsfeld in Upper Hesse acquired model-town status. This book to shows Alsfeld not only as a "timber-frame museum", but also shows how a town of this kind has changed in the upheavals, by juxtaposing Uwe Rudenburg's photographs with pictures produced around 1880 by Ludwig Bickell. Illustrator(s): Rudenburg, Uwe H. Series: OPUS. Num Pages: 60 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 309 x 289 x 13. Weight in Grams: 838.
In 1975, the European Year of Protection of Ancient Monuments, Alsfeld in Upper Hesse acquired model-town status, along with Berlin, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Xanten and Trier in Germany. In this way the Council of Europe was acknowledging the long tradition of monument protection in a place where an astonishingly large number of historic buildings have survived. There are numerous tightly-packed timber-frame buildings in the medieval ground plan of the town, some built as long ago as the 14th century. The market place, forming the centre of the town with town hall, Weinhaus (wine house) and Hochzeitshaus (wedding house), is ... Read more
In 1975, the European Year of Protection of Ancient Monuments, Alsfeld in Upper Hesse acquired model-town status, along with Berlin, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Xanten and Trier in Germany. In this way the Council of Europe was acknowledging the long tradition of monument protection in a place where an astonishingly large number of historic buildings have survived. There are numerous tightly-packed timber-frame buildings in the medieval ground plan of the town, some built as long ago as the 14th century. The market place, forming the centre of the town with town hall, Weinhaus (wine house) and Hochzeitshaus (wedding house), is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
60
Condition
New
Series
OPUS
Number of Pages
60
Place of Publication
Fellbach, Germany
ISBN
9783930698295
SKU
V9783930698295
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About Zietz
Peer Zietz works as an art historian in the Hessian Office for the Protection of Monuments. In the course of his duties he has produced several inventories in North and Upper Hesse. Uwe Rudenburg is a free-lance photographer specializing in work with historical architecture and garden art.
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