The former coachman house, which apparently belongs to Villa Römer in Opladen (Leverkusen).
(April 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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A group of half-timbered houses in Filsen (on the Rhine, Rhein-Lahn district) dating from the 16th to 18th centuries.
(March 2026)
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A half-timbered house in Filsen (on the Rhine, Rhein-Lahn district in Rhineland-Palatinate) dating from 1768.
(March 2026)
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The village of Filsen on the Rhine (in the Rhein-Lahn district of Rhineland-Palatinate) has an unusual town hall (known locally as the ‘Wachport’). It was apparently built in 1611 on the site of a former gate in the village’s fortifications.
(March 2026)
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Osterspai Castle is a former medieval moated castle in Osterspai (on the Rhine, in the Rhein-Lahn district of Rhineland-Palatinate). All that remains of the original castle is the residential tower, built in the mid-14th century. The adjoining half-timbered house dates from 1900.
(March 2026)
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The picturesque municipality of Monreal on the Elz River in the Eifel region (Mayen-Koblenz district, Rhineland-Palatinate) with the statue of St. John of Nepomuk and the Catholic parish church of the Holy Trinity.
(May 2008)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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Half-timbered houses around St. George's Church in Hattingen (Ennepe-Ruhr district).
(February 2026)
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Carved and painted beams of a half-timbered house in Hattingen (Ennepe-Ruhr district), which is called the ‘iron house’ because of its shape. Built in 1611 and extended around 1620/30.
(February 2026)
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Half-timbered houses in the historic old town of Hattingen (Ennepe-Ruhr district, North Rhine-Westphalia). In the background is the Protestant St. George's Church.
(February 2026)
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The former town of Blankenstein is now a village belonging to Hattingen (Ennepe-Ruhr district).
In the foreground is the Protestant church, built around 1765.
(February 2026)
(Foto: © Rüdiger Benninghaus)
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