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Alsfeld

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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 one of the most important complexes of its kind in Germany. The town hall, built in a way that inspired many of its German successors, was to have been pulled down in 1878 by order of the town council. It was not until residents protested that preservation and restoration of what is now the symbol of the town were assured, providing the first example of Alsfeld's tradition in this field. Even today ensembles of unique unity are to be found in its main streets. There is almost nowhere else where one can form such a good impression of a small German medieval town than here.

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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Ref
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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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