Time travel into the history of "Wild Man and "Bergischer Dreiklang"
This 11.5-kilometre circular route to half-timbered houses in the region shows how the people around Ruppichteroth have been "roofing and roofing" their lives for centuries. It explains how a half-timbered wall is made from beams, rods and a mixture of clay and dung. The carpenters' art of joining beams to form a stable structure is passed down from generation to generation. The fact that they use neither screws nor iron nails in the process may come as much of a surprise as the age-old carpentry tradition of setting off on the "Walz" with a bundle of belongings during the first years as a journeyman.
Eight illustrated information boards along the way draw attention to the history of particularly striking half-timbered buildings, explain historical door sayings and explain what the by no means musical "Bergischer Dreiklang" is all about. Along the way, hikers learn how the Lower Saxon hall house came to the Bergisch region, as well as the background that led to the striking beam formation of the "Wild Man". The insights into the scientific method of dating millennia-old tree trunks using the annual rings in the wood are also fascinating.
Once you have become acquainted with the many facets of half-timbered construction to the left and right of the trail, you will want to discover the world of Bergisch half-timbering for yourself on the next tour through a historic Bergisch town center.
Ruppichteroth lies on the connecting path between the "Bergischer Weg" and the "Bergischer Panoramasteig".
The trail has a total of 8 information boards. We would like to thank Andreas Hombach, who looks after the trail as a volunteer trail patron.
Eight illustrated information boards along the way draw attention to the history of particularly striking half-timbered buildings, explain historical door sayings and explain what the by no means musical "Bergischer Dreiklang" is all about. Along the way, hikers learn how the Lower Saxon hall house came to the Bergisch region, as well as the background that led to the striking beam formation of the "Wild Man". The insights into the scientific method of dating millennia-old tree trunks using the annual rings in the wood are also fascinating.
Once you have become acquainted with the many facets of half-timbered construction to the left and right of the trail, you will want to discover the world of Bergisch half-timbering for yourself on the next tour through a historic Bergisch town center.
Ruppichteroth lies on the connecting path between the "Bergischer Weg" and the "Bergischer Panoramasteig".
The trail has a total of 8 information boards. We would like to thank Andreas Hombach, who looks after the trail as a volunteer trail patron.
