Weinstadt-Grossheppach Date(s): spring 2006. Photos by aymar. 1 - 25 of 25 Total. 1634 Visits.
1 Weinstadt-Grossheppach, Ägidiuskirche
2 Weinstadt-Grossheppach, Ägidiuskirche
3 Weinstadt-Grossheppach, Ägidiuskirche Disadvantage of a round clock face, the alpha and omega symbolism has to be sacrificed.[Crawlspace has to be filled in.]
4 Weinstadt-Grossheppach, Ägidiuskirche the second cipher is a '4'
5 Weinstadt-Grossheppach, Ägidiuskirche
6 Weinstadt-Grossheppach, Ägidiuskirche
7 ivy house
8 ivy house
9 ivy house
10 Grossheppach Rathaus The city hall, dating back to 1605, was built with utility in mind. The ground floor was dedicated to fire fighting pumps and the non artificial insemination of cows. The plaque says so (well, maybe not in quite these words). - The present day parking is an indication that fire trucks are no longer billeted there. - Selective corbelling of timbers. Some cost saving measures in the rear part. The mesh screen guarded wall boxes will be air ducts for gas heating rather than air conditioning. - The Xmas light chain under the eaves is off. Permanent fixture.
11 Häckermühle The carved square between the double window will be massive wood. Beam stacked on beam. The space between the floor joints is used for ornamental decorations.
12 Häckermühle
13 Häckermühle
14 Häckermühle I can make out a waterwheel in the lintel frieze. The rest is too eroded.
15 Grossheppach barn At first glance it looked as if the vats were part of the barn wall. The fanciful notion did not survive closer inspection. Just another trophy board. The barrel tops pinch hitting for hub caps. (Intrinsically: Can one stave in hub caps?) Diplomatically: Welcome to the wonderful world of chimes and xylophones. - Consolation prize: the utility company will hardly complain if you use surplus power lines as vine trellis.
16 Grossheppach barn
17 Grossheppach barn The purpose of the rake (hay pitching tool) next to the vine is unclear. Maybe for harpooning grapes. Dali problem. The rims still show how far the tops were inserted into the staves. Matching groove.
18 Grossheppach Backhaus Old communal baking house. Some stress zone in the lower right hand corner. The color of the traffic sign is accidental.
19 Grossheppach old house
20 Grossheppach old house Flaking paint. The unusually placed bolt of the left shudder, the one with the overbite, can be driven into the small hook in the center of crossbeam frame. (At least in theory.)
21 Grossheppach, Schloss Hydrangea (best guess) next to a self serving watering device. (The hydrangea blocks the access to the pump handle. The conclusion is obvious.)
22 Grossheppach, Schloss Delivery entrance. The flower board just screams salesman. Whatever you can drop. Takes no great leap in imagination to extend that into drop bottom machicolations. Somebody got the forge iron rail wrong. The door to guard house is on the other side. The Gothic window makes not sense. This is supposed to be a curtain wall. Castle cook, apologetically: it was a special offer.
23 Grossheppach, Schloss Castle park (waiting for the chainsaw man)
24 Grossheppach, Schloss the lapidarium Probably a gypsum cast. I particularly like the one stringer only ladder.
25 Grossheppach, Schloss lapidarium Rule of thumb, if it is cast iron lion paws it is most likely bathtubs, if it is soapstone mermaids (or Tritons) you should not be too far wrong if you think tiled stove (the floor prop for the projecting part). Hood ornaments before their time. In any case a lovely pair. I read the date as 1769.
