Half-timbered "Papagolfade" ;-) Photo

Photographer’s Note

Half-timbered Papagolfade ;-)

I already showed you some of the many "Kapellenschulen" (approximately "chapel-school") of my region. These buildings, beginning about 1650, were used weekdays for holding of instructions and on sunday or holidays for church services - see the small clock-tower. Another example you can see here.

After the institution of these schools and before the compulsory education was established (in Germany generally in 1919!) in summer the school attendance was only a quarter of the attendance in winter. The reason for this was the "natural" child labour at these days, especially in agriculture. In winter children were more "dispensable"...
In the first time the instruction of reading and writing only was based on the bible. The next subject in my region was - singing! Incredible, because mathematics was established as a subject not untill ~ 1800. Mathematics remained second rated for a long time. The subject "fruit growing" was established about 1780!
Nowadays these "Kapellenschulen" in the villages mostly are used for family celebrations, meetings of the local associations and similar events in the village. In this one, the Kapellenschule of the village Friedewald, also a hairdresser does business.

By the way - it's interesting that the Emperor Ludwig der Bayer in 1324 assigned he same rights to the market town Friedewald as they were assigned to the then town Frankfurt on the Main - the rights of a "free city". Frankfurt today has 663.000 inhabitants, Friedewald 1.200. That's history ... ;-)

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snunney (35436) 2008-03-16 1:11

Hello Frank,
A beautiful building beautifully captured. The point of view and ambient light are superb. Excellent colours and clarity. Have a good Sunday from a wet and windy Charente-Maritime.

besnard (31060) 2008-03-16 1:35

Bonjour Frank
Elle est vraiment d'un style très particulier et très intéressant cette petite chapelle à colombages. Celà donne une belle image dominicale.
Merci pour le partage et bon dimanche.
Nicole

Nicou (45639) 2008-03-16 1:50

Hello,

Pour ce dimanche, trsè belle image de cette églis en collombages, elle est mangigique, quelle construction et architecture, de toute beauté.

Bravo et beau dimanche

Nicou

dip (12834) 2008-03-16 2:07

Hallo Frank,
Schule und Kirche in einem Gebäude und noch ein Fachwerk! Man lernt ja nie aus,
sehr interessant und schön Deine Aufnahme,
Belichtung,Schärfe und Farben sind klasse!
Viele Grüße,
Dimitris.

gildasjan (24115) 2008-03-16 3:15

Bonjour Frank
Très belle l'architecture et la flèche du clocher verte,de plus tu as bénéficié d'un très beau ciel j'apprécie également le bon choix du cadrage vertical.
Bon dimanche.
Amicalement
Gildas

jasmis (50967) 2008-03-16 3:17

Superb construction of the house. I really like it. It is pure graphism for photographer.
Regards my dear friend.

Jakab (3494) 2008-03-16 3:26

Hallo Frank,
mir gefällt dieses hübsche Fachwerkhaus aber vielleicht noch besser Dein Kommentar. Mich stört immer, wie ungerecht das historische Preußen von vielen (halbunterrichteten) Ausländern beurteilt wird. Obwohl nicht eben mein Lieblingsland, die Tatsache, dass dort die allgemeine Schulpflicht schon am 28. September 1717. eingeführt wurde, zwingt mich zur Achtung.
Viele Grüße
Laszlo

amaryllis (17764) 2008-03-16 3:59

bonjour,
certes église très originale typique de votre région avec ces colombages
bon cadrage de celle-ci
bon dimanche
juliette

markstaples (15670) 2008-03-16 4:34

An interesting building taken from a good angle. All is sharp and well exposed. Nice work Frank.
Best wishes
Mark

pierrefonds (26619) 2008-03-16 5:52

Hi Frank,

Your note has a lot of information. This building had many different vocations. The point of view is showing the different elements of the architecture of the building. The subject is well framed. have a nice sunday.

Pierre

adelune (2) 2008-03-16 6:39 [Comment]

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jonathan_hart (22623) 2008-03-16 7:17

without the chuchtower it don't looks like a church, nice architecture
good light and colours, even if the sky as some grain, nice german papagolfade :)
regards
jo

mesutilgim (37258) 2008-03-16 10:55

Hallo lieber Frank,
Wieder ein photographisch und informativ perfektes Beitrag. Sehr schoenes Licht und ich hab wieder jede Menge dazu gelernt !
Danke schoen und schoene Gruesse aus dem sonnigen und warmen (22 Grad !) İstanbul
MESUT ILGIM & seine Rotkohlrouladen !!!

jmcl (14135) 2008-03-16 11:44

Hi Frank,

Beautiful old building .. really nice for my American eyes to see it actually as part of a living society .. with power lines etc..

take care,

John

Romatou (38) 2008-03-16 13:35

Bonjour Frank ,

C'est typiquement Allemand ce genre de monument , non ? Une jolie batisse , et une belle note pour tout nous expliquer , nous sommes gatés ! D'autant plus que l'image est très belle et bien faite !

Amicalement ,

Budapestman (42756) 2008-03-17 5:38

Hi Frank,
Superb architectural image with attractive composition, colours and lights are excellent. I like the graphic details, Very well done! Have a nice week
George

jhm (83276) 2008-03-17 5:39

Hello Frank,

I like always the wood construction in the fronts.
Very well captured and composed through the choice of the angle, these is excellent.
Very well done, thanks for sharing.

Best regards,
John.

jlynx (11380) 2008-03-17 6:16

It is the truth Frank, history rolls strange circles and oddly goes on. Sometimes she seems that she proceeds absurdly... Very nicely well-kept and how I suppose, restored building Kapellenschule. Important is, that along with the building survived the tradition. Nice picture though I admit that narrow (you had not enough room to swing a cat to the throwback, Friend - I know such moments), beautiful light and very lively colours.
Best regards from (already) spring- Poznan,
Jurek
P.S. You replace Your own photo

touristdidi (8561) 2008-03-17 12:27 [Comment]

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Silvio1953 (42725) 2008-03-17 12:37

Hi Frank, great view of splendid architecture, wonderful colors and excellent sharpness, very well done, ciao Silvio

pasternak (13632) 2008-03-18 4:20

A very original "papagolfade", don't know if I've seen anything like that... very typical German half-timbered building but with a small tower and of course a rooster on top, classifying it as a church... :)

Cheers
Alexander

UnTrained (0) 2008-03-18 4:30

Hallo Frank,
schöne klare Fachwerkstrukturen von einem passenden Punkt aufgenommen. Licht und Schatten helfen, die Kirche herauszuheben gegen den schönen Himmel. Schärfe und insbesondere das gute Schieferdach sind herausragend.
Lieben Gruss, Ulf

leo61 (43686) 2008-03-18 11:22

Hallo Frank!
Wieder ein Stück interessante geschichte mit einem schönen Bild dokumentiert.
Excellenter Standpunkt für die Aufnahme und tolles Licht.
Gruß,Andreas

lukas (2027) 2008-03-18 11:31

Hi Frank,
Interesting picture,
these chapel-schools don't exist in Belgium
Thanks for sharing :-)
Best regards
Luc

chinchini (27789) 2008-03-18 18:15

Salut Frank,
Superbe Papagolfade que je m'en viens tardivement critiquer ;o)
Son architecture est très particulière. C'est la première du genre que je vois.
Tu avais tout pour réaliser une belle photo. Très réussi mon Ami.
Du Québec où nous attendons une nouvelle tempête de neige ;o)
Pierre

Cricri (43706) 2008-03-19 5:29

Bonjour Frank,
Trés particuliére cette église en colombage sous une belle lumiére qui la met bien en valeur, j'aime beaucoup aussi celle déjà poster
bonne note, compliment
Have a nice day
cricri

mikolaj_kawa (31161) 2008-03-20 5:08

Hello Frank! Very interesting building. Original timber framed house. Interesting info. Good POV, very good capture. Well done!

CRATEOS (7274) 2008-03-23 9:45

one of your charisma is to give us fotos with this typical construct of your area my friend i appreciated for this contribution..!!!

nf

corniste (4236) 2008-03-24 3:28

Hallo Frank,

Nicht gerade ein Kirche, wie es für eine richtige Papagolfade sein sollte... Aber die Holzstangen sind wirklich markant. Das Gebaüde ist schon extem gross für solch eine Konstruktion. Es fehlt leider etwas perspektivekorrektur. Ein wenig Raum neben der Schule wäre auch schön.

liebe Grüße

emjleclercq (14494) 2008-04-06 0:34

Very nice timber church, with lots of details (I note the rod at the bottom of the roof to prevent the snow from falling). The phone pole in the background is probably the main weakness here.

All the best,

Emmanuel