Foundation of Berlin by Albrecht the Bear 1150

Construction site / building site. Suitable for respective European cities and villages. Medieval workers building houses.

Around 1150
Our series shows the hustle and bustle on the site of a medieval castle. The gentleman - perhaps Margrave Albrecht (Albrecht the Bear) - overlooks the hustle and bustle while his brushwoods secure at a respectful distance.
The population of the villages belonging to the castle has been brought in for simple work and auxiliary services, while the specialized builders of a "construction hut" go about their craft. Large loads are lifted with a winch, earth and mortar are carried in vats on carrying boards. Carpenters build scaffolding and saw beams for roof structures, false ceilings and wooden battlements. Brick bakers produce mud bricks, stonemasons hew the stones for the arched windows and gate frames, blacksmiths repair and sharpen the tools. Builders get their wages. Instead of lists or papers, notched timbers serve as proof of the day's work. (A notched wood is a longitudinally split bar. Both halves are provided with the personal mark and are joined together during the evening notching. The notch creates a very simple form of double-entry bookkeeping.)

Series list for 100/132
No. 100-1841 (1x) Draughtsman with building plans
No. 100-1848 (1x) Bricklayer on ladder
No. 100-1859 (1x) Carpenter with broad axe
No. 100-1868 (1x) Construction worker with notched wood
No. 100-1877 (1x) Carrier (water, sand, clay)
No. 100-1855 (1x) Carpenter with wood drill, bent over
No. 100-1849 (1x) Carpenters (2), splitting a tree with a saw
No. 100-1860 (1x) Carpenter, hammering wooden nail
No. 100-1869 (1x) Woman, old, with crutch
No. 100-1878 (1x) Stonemasons (2) cutting stone
No. 100-1856 (1x) Carpenter with wood drill
No. 100-1850 (1x) Construction worker, mixing mortar
No. 100-1861 (1x) Carpenter with saw
No. 100-1870 (1x) Woman, carrying basket on shoulder
No. 100-1879 (1x) Stonemason cooling
No. 100-1842 (1x) Construction worker, injured (beam on foot)
No. 100-1852 (1x) Construction worker, carrying basket
No. 100-1862 (1x) Carpenter, drilling a beam
No. 100-1871 (1x) Woman, carrying basket
No. 100-1880 (1x) Stonemasons (2) transporting stone
No. 100-1843 (1x) Construction worker, hands on head
No. 100-1851 (1x) Carrier (water, mortar, stones)
No. 100-1863 (1x) Carpenter, planing
No. 100-1872 (1x) Blacksmith at the anvil
No. 100-1882 (1x) Stonemason, working
No. 100-1837 (1x) Albrecht the Bear on horseback, with horse owner
No. 100-1844 (1x) Boy, pointing
No. 100-1853 (1x) Bricklayer, laying bricks
No. 100-1864 (1x) Carpenter with angle
No. 100-1873 (1x) Blacksmith, hammering
No. 100-1881 (1x) Stonemason with compass
No. 100-1838 (2x) Rider on horseback, holding spear vertically
No. 100-1845 (1x) Boy, on a barrel
No. 100-1854 (1x) Bricklayer, laying bricks
No. 100-1865 (1x) Construction foreman at a table
No. 100-1874 (1x) Blacksmith with bellows
No. 100-1883 (1x) Stonemason, working
No. 100-1839 (2x) Rider on horseback, holding spear vertically
No. 100-1846 (1x) Carpenters (2), standing on scaffolding
No. 100-1857 (1x) Construction worker with winch
No. 100-1866 (1x) Construction worker with notched wood
No. 100-1875 (1x) Brickmaker at a table
No. 100-1884 (1x) Stonemason, working
No. 100-1840 (1x) Master builder at the table
No. 100-1847 (1x) Carpenter, hewing a beam with an axe
No. 100-1858 (1x) Construction worker (2), with winch
No. 100-1867 (1x) Construction worker with notched wood
No. 100-1876 (1x) Brickmaker, tamping material