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German Route of Half-timbered Houses (Fachwerkstraße) |
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Welcome to Mühlhausen, the city of historic monuments on the German Route of Half-timbered Houses
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Travelling along the German route of half-timbered houses, visitors are fascinated by the unique variety of those houses. Each region has its own recognisable style of construction. This road is a well-established centre of cultural interest and is marked on road maps. Its regional section from the Harz Mountains to the Thuringian Forest via Stolberg – Bleicherode – Worbis – Mühlhausen - Wanfried – Treffurt – Vacha to Schmalkalden presents the typical of best examples of special architecture of Saxony-Anhalt, Hesse and Thuringia. The houses in the northern section, from Stolberg to Mühlhausen, represent the Lower German influence whereas the buildings in the southern section of the Werra Valley from Wanfried to Vacha are influenced by the Hessian style.
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Half-timbered houses in Mühlhausen |
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Timber used to be the perfect construction material in the wooded countryside. However, when timber ran short and when brick buildings were favoured to show one's wealth, or for reasons of fire-protection, timber framing lost popularity in many cities.
Mühlhausen' skyline today is dominated by its 11 medieval churches, the well-preserved city wall, the historic city hall and its burghers' houses from the 16th to the 18th centuries. Almost all of them were built of Travertine stone. But this construction material may also be found as infilling in the timber frames of 50 highly picturesque burghers' houses.
With the recent restoration of the old centre of town, Mühlhausen has regained much of its old glory.
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