Half a century later three local carpentry companies were chosen to rebuild the Alte Waage from scratch, using the same kinds of materials and techniques that their sixteenth-century forebears had used. They needed 360 cubic meters of oak beams (not as easy to obtain as in 1553, since there aren't so many oak trees anymore), which they joined together in over three hundred places without using a single iron nail or screw.
Since re-opening in 1994 the Alte Waage has been used as the main building of the Braunschweig Adult Education Center (see next tip).
Second photo: The text on the cornerstone says: "The Old Weighing Station was destroyed by bombs in the Second World War and was rebuilt fifty years later in 1994."
Third photo: Side view of the Alte Waage.
Fourth photo: Looking up at the Alte Waage. The top three windows are of the seminar room where I did a presentation and workshop in 1997.


