Timber framing

Connected Sites: 23

Timber framing (German: Fachwerk) is the method of creating structures using heavy timbers jointed together with various joints. It is an architectural style common in Germany, France, the UK and Holland.

Connected Sites

  • Churches of Peace
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.44
    166
    13
    the largest timber-framed religious buildings in Europe
  • Strasbourg
    Inscribed: 1988
    3.52
    395
    10
    Petite-France quarter
  • Safranbolu
    Safranbolu
    Turkiye
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.04
    86
    3
  • Wartburg Castle
    Inscribed: 1999
    3.16
    214
    11
    The Knights' House on the western side of the drawbridge is half-timbered (wiki), as well as the Elisabethengang, Eseltreiberstäbchen, Margarethengang, Nürnberger Erker and the Vogtei
  • Albi
    Albi
    France
    Inscribed: 2010
    3.36
    172
    10
    numerous medieval and 15th and 16th century houses which reflect a new period of wealth and growth for the city. They blend brick, timber framing, stone, and rendering together harmoniously (AB ev)
  • Visby
    Visby
    Sweden
    Inscribed: 1995
    3.29
    103
    7
    many houses in old town
  • Reichenau
    Reichenau
    Germany
    Inscribed: 2000
    2.61
    183
    10
    Hohes Haus
  • Guimarães
    Guimarães
    Portugal
    Inscribed: 2001
    3.01
    230
    10
    taipa de rodízio, a half-timbered structure, which mixed granite with a structure in timber and a filling of sun-dried brick, using clay mortar (AB ev)
  • Kuldiga
    Kuldiga
    Latvia
    Inscribed: 2023
    2.55
    73
    4
    "Its historic urban fabric includes structures of .. largely foreign-influenced techniques and styles of brick masonry and timber-framed houses" (OUV)
  • Flemish Béguinages
    Inscribed: 1998
    2.78
    356
    13
    The Grand Béguinage of Louvain and, to a lesser extent, those of Sint-Truiden and Turnhout still include remains of half-timbering used as underpinnings in later constructions. (Nomination file, p. 17)
  • Provins
    Provins
    France
    Inscribed: 2001
    2.90
    188
    13
    The Upper Town is characterized by the small houses built from stone and timber-framed construction (AB ev)
  • Quedlinburg
    Inscribed: 1994
    3.25
    211
    9
    many buildings in the historic town
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley
    Inscribed: 2002
    3.67
    318
    12
  • Tomioka Silk Mill
    Inscribed: 2014
    2.54
    76
    6
    "The building has a wooden frame and the infill walls are in red brick. The timber roof frame is of European type, with a rigid structure, which was an innovation in Japan." (AB ev)
  • Santa Cruz de Mompox
    Inscribed: 1995
    2.72
    34
    4
    Calle de Atras: "For the most part the buildings in this part of the town are more modest in size and decoration. They are timber-framed, with wall fillings of wattle-and-daub in the technique known as Bahareque." (AB ev)
  • Rammelsberg and Goslar
    Inscribed: 1992
    3.20
    205
    11
    Goslar
  • Pompei
    Pompei
    Italy
    Inscribed: 1997
    4.38
    452
    8
    Opus craticium
    See fr.wikipedia.org
  • Mount Wutai
    Inscribed: 2009
    3.56
    45
    4
    Nanchan temple is China's oldest standing timber-frame building (wiki)
  • Maulbronn Monastery
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.13
    202
    11
    The outbuildings of the former monastery comprise both stone and timber-framed buildings; the latter are mostly from the 16th-18th centuries, although often incorporating substantial remains of the medieval buildings that they replaced. (AB ev)
  • Hollókö
    Hollókö
    Hungary
    Inscribed: 1987
    2.62
    134
    9
    "traditional techniques of Palocz rural architecture: half-timbered houses on a stone base with roughcast white-washed walls" (AB ev)
  • Hahoe and Yangdong
    Hahoe and Yangdong
    Republic of Korea
    Inscribed: 2010
    2.83
    108
    7
    "The villages were located to provide both physical and spiritual nourishment from their surrounding landscapes. They include the residences of the head families, together with substantial timber framed houses of other clan members." - AB Document
  • Bamberg
    Bamberg
    Germany
    Inscribed: 1993
    3.56
    277
    11
  • Sewell Mining Town
    Inscribed: 2006
    2.85
    34
    8
    "They were built using the platform timber frame system originating in Canada and the United States in the mid 19th century. Each storey rests on the lower storey of vertical diaphragms and horizontal frames. In Sewell, five is the maximum number of stories. Roofs are of galvanised iron and the external walls plastered and painted." (AB ev)