Hi Bill,
I just received the following information from Chris How in Australia re your planned fachwerk trip to Germany :-
" Your friend who intends to visit Germany should get hold of the Theiss book of Archaeological sites, “Archaologie Erleben” which gives many building museums. It cost 22 Euros; ISBN 978-3-8062-2276-0, or just look it up on Google. My thoughts are that some of the best medieval villages are in the south; The Romantische Strasse; Dinkelsbuhl, Rothenburg and Nordlingen. All in lower Swabia. Also Biberach in upper Swabia and Forchheim in northern Bavaria. Germany is full of interesting picturesque towns however, so mobility is the main problem.
The books on framing which I rely on can be obtained from Amazon.de. Best is Schaefer’s book “Deutsche Holzbaukunst” in reprint and Bohm’s “Holzkonstructionen” is a good second. Both are well illustrated so language is less of a problem. It is a big subject and there is far too much to see in a very big country, but we all have to start somewhere. If he is in the north then there is a good museum near Luneberg Heath where Monty took the surrender 10 days before Eisenhower."
Regards
Ken Hume
pp Chris How MSc.(timber building conservation) C.Eng.
