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18 Weinbergshaeuschen,
Rheinland; Germany
From the Roman times in the central Germany, at the border
to France, viticulture is running culture.
In the vineyards can be seen white objects, named weinbergshaeuschen
('vineyards huts'). They are shelters for vineyard guards
against thieves, human and animal.
The object has vertical, circular body with half-dome ceiling
and roof. The roof is corbelled, but plastered, Today with
cement. Shape of the roof can be bell-shaped, half-dome or
even concave slope.
Inside there is a bench and three windows for watching, one
for each side. The diameter could not be longer than a man:
it is important, because the sleeping guard is not a guard.
The roofs are mostly maintained every year with brilliant
white lime covering, as an accent in the vineyard.
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| weinbergshaeuschen
near Westhofen, 2oo3 |
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| weinbergshaeucschen
near Floersheim, 2oo3 |
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| weinbergshaeuschen
in Westhofen |
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| weinbergshaeuschen
near Dalsheim, 2oo3 |
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| weinbergshaeuschen
near Westhofen, 2oo3 |
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