http://www.intouchde.org.uk/ 2012-02-05T13:05:05+01:00 http://www.intouchde.org.uk/ http://www.intouchde.org.uk/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2012-02-04T23:43:14+01:00 rfuecks http://www.intouchde.org.uk/building_my_house_in_muehlhausen/the_workforce?rev=1328395394 I shall make a point of referring by name to all the firms who have worked for me. This is not so much for advertising purposes, although if it does serve to get a good firm more business, then that's great. No-one is paying me to mention them. I just happen to think good workmanship deserves appreciation. text/html 2011-07-15T23:09:09+01:00 rfuecks http://www.intouchde.org.uk/index?rev=1310764149 This site is for anyone who wants to find out about Germany, keep in touch with things German or perhaps come and live here. It contains my slightly unorthodox collection of German themes, not what you may be used to hearing about Germany. I add new subjects now and then and am always tinkering with the existing ones. One theme dominates: the beautiful old city of Mühlhausen <http://www.muehlhausen.de/> in Thüringen in what used to be the German Democratic Republic, and how I went about build… text/html 2011-06-26T22:30:14+01:00 rfuecks http://www.intouchde.org.uk/synagogue_or_city_hall/index?rev=1309120214 Mühlhausen has a mystery on its hands, which, as I write in May 2011, is very far from being solved. And because it concerns the City's most important secular building, the Rathaus (City Hall) it has also become a fairly heated controversy. Roland Lange is the man responsible for the historic leaded windows in my own house, which is how we became acquainted. He was born and bred in Mühlhausen, has spent much of his time since Reunification in 1989 saving historic buildings with his own hands … text/html 2011-05-15T23:06:49+01:00 rfuecks http://www.intouchde.org.uk/muehlhausen_scenes/towers?rev=1305493609 From whichever direction you approach Mühlhausen you see towers and chimneys rising above the red-tiled roofs. The chimneys belong to factories (mostly now defunct) or bakeries. There are eleven church towers within or just outside the city walls, and the walls themselves have fourteen still in existence. Towers were built in a great variety of styles for a many different purposes. The towers along the walls were mostly for guarding the city in the Middle Ages, while the church towers range … text/html 2011-05-10T22:46:58+01:00 rfuecks http://www.intouchde.org.uk/muehlhausen_scenes/index?rev=1305060418 Town Houses Most of the houses in the old city centre are timber-framed, some with visible timber, some with the timber hidden under rendering, and the older buildings with overhanging upper storeys. This makes very attractive streetfronts. Roofs incline from the ridge to front and back, and are chiefly red-tiled. Gables generally join onto the next door building at varying levels. There are also one or two ancient stone houses with fine façades. The impression is of solid, well-to-do bou…