First set of drawing, regarding some specifics of the 'Riegelbau' sub-style of the German "Fachwerk"


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At the top is a detail of the floor framing. Note:
'Band' would be roughly equivalent to a 'plate' in American framing. Another word for this in German is Rähm, the word 'Band' it would seem is the word common among the Swiss, whereas Raehm would be used in Germany.
A literal translation of the word 'Band' could be 'tie', but do not confuse it with the tie beam in American framing, which serves an entirely different function.

The plate for the side walls are joined into the end plate, which sticks out past quite a bit, perhaps several feet, but in other cases maybe 12 or 10". The joint used here is a simple dropped in dovetail, which sets only about 1" into the end plate, and is about half the height of the beam.

The joists are set into the side wall plates with a special joint, which I don't really know just how to classify. The joist passes through the plate, reduced to half its height. everything else is better learned by studying the drawing.

Also shown are cross section of the 3 different kinds of posts used. The 'Eckständer' or corner post, with it's cutout inside corner. The regular square post, and the 'Bundständer that stands where 2 walls come together, with extra size to stand to the extra forces inherent in such a location.