They were probably one of the first means of transportation on water. They contain thousands of years of craftsmanship and were long considered an indispensable means of transport on many waterways.
Today, only a few people have mastered the art of raft building. The Schiltach raftsmen, in a sense the "descendants" of a formerly highly respected professional group, build a raft according to all the rules of craftsmanship and show that it all works without nailing, screwing or gluing. Never again in the history of mankind have means of transport and raw material formed such a unity.
IN THE VIDEO
Hartmut Brückner, chairman of the Kinziger raftsmen
CREDITS
Author: Sabine Hoeth
Camera: Dirk Schwarz
Sound: Samuel Filohn
Editing: Monika Agler
Narrator: Rolf Hüffer
Editing: Carmen Lustig
Producers: Monika Agler, Günter Moritz
A production of: teamWERK, Die Filmproduktion GmbH
Social media editing: Land und Leute RP Online
12 сен 2022
