Chamber construction

Name for an educational system in use in Germany, especially in the southern Palatinate, until the beginning of the 20th century. It goes back to a system already practised by the Romans. In this system, beams were placed on four vertically arranged poles so that a kind of chamber was created.

Kammertbau

This form is described in detail in the specialist literature of the 18th and 19th centuries. A chambered structure consisted of a low wooden framework 80 cm high with "chambers" of about 1.10 m column spacing and about 0.80 m row width. With longitudinal and transverse laths, one spoke of a closed chamber construction, without transverse laths of an open chamber construction. Several rows of vines formed a "stool", with grass-covered passages between them for transporting material. The fruit wood of the vines, which were planted about 80 cm apart in the rows of vines, was fastened to the longitudinal beams with binding willows. From 1860 onwards, the longitudinal beams were replaced by wires and the first wire frame systems were created. The wire frame systems then replaced the chamber construction. See lists under vine training (Systems) and Vineyard Maintenance (Activities).

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