Gabled houses Stralsund
Glossary
Brick Gothic
Brick Gothic is a special form of the Gothic style which developed due to the use of brick as building material. It mainly developed in the areas in which there was a lack of natural stones, as in the countries on the shores of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea. The brick wer made of clay and made weather-resistant by firing.
Cog
The Cog is a small sailing vessel, which was used for sea-trade in the medieval Europe, primarily the Baltic region. The cog was the vessel that was used for all sea-trade during the hanseatic period.
Dielenhaus
The Dielenhaus (lobby House) was used by the merchants of the Hanseatic era for living, trading and storage purposes. The high building with its gable facing the street was given its name due to the spacious lobby, which occupied the entire ground floor and reached a height of up to five metres. It served as a living and working space for the family and the servants, but was used especially for representative purposes and for the trade transaction of the master of the house.
Gothic of the Sound
Gothic of the Sound (German: Sundische Gotik) is an autonomous and particularly lavish example of brick Gothic. It was developed in Stralsund around 1330. The Gothic town hall of Stralsund, the Wulflamhaus and the Latin school are excellent examples of this style.
Hanseatic League
Originally, the Hanseatic League was an association of Northern german merchants, who resided in foreign countries, for the purpose of common representation of their trade interests. From the end of the 13th Century onwards, as a result of economic and political changes in Northern Europe, the Hanseatic League of Merchants developed into a Hanseatic League of Towns.
Lübeck law
The Lübeck law was a municipal law of the imperial city of Lübeck, which were adopted by more than 100 cities in the region of the Baltic Sea. One component of the Lübeck law were the building regulations which were originally based on the idea of preventing fires by using brick instead of wood. But especially the alignment regulations, evident since the mid-13th century, are of decisive importance for the ground plan and the appearance of a medieval town under Lübeck law. The alignment, the purpose of which was mainly to prevent obstructions of road traffic, gave the streets their regular course and the plots of land their outer demarcation.
Peace of Stralsund
The ’Peace of Stralsund’ was a treaty adopted on 24 May 1370 in the German Hanseatic city of Stralsund between the Danish king Waldemar IV (also called Waldemar Atterdag in Danish) and the Hanseatic League. The treaty ended the second war between the Hanseatic cities and Denmark and, consequently, a conflict, which had started with the conquest of the Hanseatic city of Visby on the island of Gotland in August 1361, which was only discontinued by a short phase of peace from 1365 to 1367.
UNESCO
UNESCO stands for “United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization” and is the U.N. institution responsible for education, science and culture. UNESCO was established in 1945. Its stated purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through education, science, culture and communcation. UNESCO has 195 Member States (as of July 2008) and 6 Associate Members and the headquarter is situated in the heart of Paris, France.
