Half-timbering and Gothic
Lobbe removes defective floor on Regensburg Cathedral grounds
"The bishop has asked us
to pause with the suction work for the
for the mass," says Operations Manager Steffen Müller,
Lobbe Industrieservice Süd. The suction truck from
Lobbe's vacuum truck is located on the small square
between one of the most important gothic cathedrals in
in Germany and the adjacent building. In addition to
Cologne Cathedral, the cathedral in Regensburg symbolises the
symbolises the Gothic building age. As is usual on church properties
of this size, there are numerous outbuildings
numerous outbuildings such as the Dommessner-
House are also located in the immediate vicinity of the cathedral.
In this half-timbered building, Lobbe extracts the insulating layer
of the false floor.
A find from the insulation layer that the Lobbe teams, who are now so well trained, present hand over to the archaeologist.
"In the construction period around 300 years ago, insulation material used insulation material from the immediate surroundings. from the immediate surroundings. This could be building rubble, hay, waste," explains Steffen Müller. The wooden construction construction was given a warming layer of insulation. But the beams laid lengthwise and crosswise are no longer structurally stable, so the entire floor is removed.
For the removal of the medieval insulation material Lobbe uses a suction truck that, by means of a pump inside the vehicle to develop enormous suction power. suction power. The extracted materials are flung into the vehicle's boiler. When this is full, its contents are filled into big bags and these are disposed of properly. The special feature of this construction site is the opportunity to find out more about the building history of the cathedral between 1275 and 1450. find out. Therefore, in the event of any finds the archaeologist of the city of Regensburg is always on hand and and examines the materials unearthed at regular intervals. materials unearthed. In the meantime, the Lobbe Lobbe teams are so well trained that if they find "suspicious" shards of pottery, they store them separately.
After a ten-day operation with four employees, Lobbe has vacuumed and backfilled the entire area of 300 square metres. Now the archaeologist can begin her work in peace. "We are curious to find out what stories are hidden behind the insulation material," says Steffen Müller.
The beams laid lengthwise and crosswise are no longer structurally stable, so the entire floor is removed.
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