The Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, served as an important timber transshipment point for rafting until the end of the 19th century. Today's structure has been rebuilt true to the original plans for illustrative purposes. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

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Georg Berg

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3CRWDE8

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8568 x 5712 px | 72.5 x 48.4 cm | 28.6 x 19 inches | 300dpi

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20 July 2024

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L362, Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

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RF2XW2H0F–Raftsman Martin Spreng bends a heated wooden rod over the Wiedstock at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. This turns the rod into a "Wiede" – a twisted wooden rope used to bind rafts. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2H18–Raftsman Martin Spreng turns a heated trunk in the Wiedstock at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The turning rod separates the wood fibres, forming a "Wiede" – a wooden rope used to bind rafts. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2GN8–Raftsman Martin Spreng turns a heated pine trunk in the Wiedstock at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The turning rod separates the wood fibres, forming a "Wiede" – a wooden rope used to bind rafts. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2G1C–Raftsman Martin Spreng walks with journalist Angela Berg across the forecourt of the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Both look down at a device in her hand. Spreng, chairman of the German Rafting Association, demonstrates historical Black Forest rafting at the site. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2H02–Raftsman Martin Spreng tests the flexibility of a freshly twisted "Wiede" by bending the wood strand into a ring. At the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, he demonstrates traditional Black Forest rafting. It has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2GJR–A hatchet, draped with curled wood shavings, is wedged into a gnarled tree stump at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Raftsmen used such tools to work the "Wieden" – twisted, flexible wood strands used to bind logs into rafts. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2GK9–Raftsman Martin Spreng turns a heated pine trunk in the so-called "Wiedstock" at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. A turning rod separates the wood fibres, forming a kind of wooden rope, the "Wiede". Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2FMW–Raftsman Martin Spreng shows the raft hook, a long wooden pole fitted with an iron hook and spike. The tool was indispensable for almost every task on a raft. Spreng, chairman of the German Rafting Association, demonstrates historical Black Forest rafting at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Rafters shipped timber here on the Nagold river until 1911. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2G1W–Raftsman Martin Spreng explains the construction of a typical Nagold raft to journalist Angela Berg at an information board. Spreng, chairman of the German Rafting Association, demonstrates historical Black Forest rafting at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2H1E–Raftsman Martin Spreng turns a heated trunk in the Wiedstock at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The turning rod separates the wood fibres, forming a "Wiede" – a wooden rope used to bind rafts. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2H0B–A "Wiedenloch" – an opening in the timber through which twisted wooden ropes (Wieden) were pulled as binding material – rests in gloved hands at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is a historical feature illustrating the use of raft timber and the joining technique of rafting. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2GJX–Raftsman Martin Spreng uses tongs to hold soaked pine sticks in the embers of the brick oven at the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Heating makes the sticks pliable enough to be twisted afterwards into "Wieden", the twisted wood strands used to bind rafts together. Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

RF2XW2GA7–A view across a meadow of flowering Himalayan balsam onto the workshop grounds of the Monhardter Wasserstube near Altensteig, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: an open timber shed and the brick oven where raftsman Martin Spreng heats wooden rods to make "Wieden" (twisted wood ties). Rafting has been recognised as UNESCO intangible cultural heritage since 2022.

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