Brick stamp
Bricks of the Legio XXII Primigenia in the Saalburg Museum
A brick stamp is a sequence of letters, a logo or a simple motif that is pressed by hand into the fresh, unfired wall or roof tiles with the help of a stamp . The brick is then fired.
The oldest known brick stamps come from Roman antiquity (cf. Tegula and Imbrex ). While brickwork was mainly carried out by legions along the Limes , brick stamps from private brickworks were mostly used in the Trier palace auditorium (see the example of the company "CAPIONACI" shown here)
We also encounter many brick stamps on buildings or ruins from the German Middle Ages and especially the second half of the 19th century, when the building boom on the outskirts of the cities resulted in a large number of brickworks . In most cases, the brick stamp can be used to determine the origin of the brick, which provides important information about industrial history .
It is still unclear on what occasions bricks were stamped: On the one hand, some walls are actually covered with stamps, but one often looks in vain for them in hundreds of houses of the same age in the area.
Brick stamps are sometimes confused with the brick characters . However, brick signs are motifs that are already present in the shape of the brick. They are therefore identical for all bricks made of the same shape, whereas each brick stamp was attached individually. Stonemasons marked their stones with stonemason marks .
List of brick stamps in Germany
| stamp | Assignment | Location | Location | Location | Location | Location | Location | Funfort | Location | Location | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.HAHN RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Genthin | |||||||||
| A.HAHN.BRETTIN RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Genthin | Berlin-Staaken | Berlin-Schöneberg | Berlin-Steglitz | ||||||
| A.Segeletz. Rathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | Bergzow | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Grunewald | ||||||
| Braesecke B. at Rathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | Berzow | ||||||||
| Domaine.Bergzow Rathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | Bergzow | ||||||||
| Gustav König Bergzow Rathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | |||||||||
| M Rathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | Genthin | Berlin-Luisenstadt | |||||||
| M. Sch RATHENOW | Rathenow | Bergzow | Berlin-Luisenstadt | Berlin-Charlottenburg | |||||||
| M. Singer Rathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | Bergzow | ||||||||
| PGWB | Rathenow | Bergzow | Berlin-Grunewald | ||||||||
| Paul.Schulz Bergzow Rathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | Berlin-Charlottenburg | ||||||||
| PAUL SCHULZE Bergzow RATHENOW | Rathenow | Berzow | Berlin-Charlottenburg | ||||||||
| Rathenow vW | Bergzow | Bergzow | Berlin-Schöneberg | Berlin-Charlottenburg | Berlin-Spandau | Berlin-Grunewald | |||||
| Sch.BB Rathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | |||||||||
| Singer Bergzow near Rathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | Bergzow | Berlin-Grunewald | |||||||
| A. Netzband Derben Rathenow | Rathenow | Bawdy | |||||||||
| FR.Netzband Rathenow | Rathenow | Bawdy | |||||||||
| G. Stutzer Rathenow | Rathenow | Bawdy | |||||||||
| Otto Schaefers' SR BMHiM Rathenow | Rathenow | Bawdy | Berlin-Steglitz | ||||||||
| SND near Rathenow | Rathenow | Bawdy | |||||||||
| SNR | Bawdy | Berlin-Grunewald | |||||||||
| ZPR | Bawdy | ||||||||||
| Northe Rathenow | Rathenow | Ferchland | Berlin-Grunewald | ||||||||
| Rathenow G.Nitze. Ferchland | Rathenow | Ferchland | |||||||||
| Beckmann Genthin R. | Genthin | Berlin-Spandau | |||||||||
| F. Singer Rathenow | Rathenow | Genthin | Berlin-Staaken | ||||||||
| H. Burckhardt Rathenow | Rathenow | Genthin | Genthin | Berlin-Charlottenburg | |||||||
| H.Illies. Rathenow | Rathenow | Genthin | Bergzow | ||||||||
| Hahn & Comp. Rathenow | Rathenow | Genthin | Rossdorf | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin center | |||||
| KWU Potsdam | Potsdam | Genthin | |||||||||
| Otto Bennstedt | Genthin | ||||||||||
| Rathenow BvH | Rathenow | Genthin | |||||||||
| Rathenow Max Swowoda Brettin | Rathenow | Genthin | Rossdorf | ||||||||
| Trolldenter Rathenow | Rathenow | Genthin | |||||||||
| AL Rathenow | Rathenow | Güsen | Parey | Berlin-Kreuzberg | |||||||
| F. Seeger-Parey Rathenow | Rathenow | Güsen | Berlin-Moabit | Berlin-Schöneberg | Berlin center | Berlin-Steglitz | |||||
| Otto Anna | Güsen | ||||||||||
| W. Koppen Rathenow | Rathenow | Güsen | |||||||||
| Brickyard-Parey-E. 25 307 4002 | Parey / Elbe | Güsen | |||||||||
| A. Ulrich Ihleburg | Ihleburg | Ihleburg | |||||||||
| T.Schwark brickworks Randau ad Elbe 1923 | Randau | Klietznick | |||||||||
| Willi Schwark Randau | Randau | Klietznick | |||||||||
| Gossler ,ben Rathenow. | Rathenow | Nielebock | |||||||||
| K. & ST. Bergzow Rathenow | Rathenow | Nielebock | Berlin-Kreuzberg | ||||||||
| AK Rathenow | Rathenow | Pair | Berlin-Staaken | Berlin-Staaken | |||||||
| F. Paul A Genthin. | Genthin | Genthin | |||||||||
| Mundt. Bergzow Rathenow | Rathenow | Pair | Berlin-Westend | ||||||||
| W. Saenger Rathenow | Rathenow | Pair | Bergzow | Berzow | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Schöneberg | |||||
| L. RATHENOW | Rathenow | Pair | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Luisenstadt | Berlin-Westend | Berlin-Grunewald | |||||
| A. Seeger - Parey Rathenow | Rathenow | Parey | Parey | Berlin-Friedrichshain | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Schöneberg | Berlin-Steglitz | Berlin-Grunewald | |||
| A. Lucke Parey A / E Rathenow. | Rathenow | Parey | Break | Berlin-Charlottenburg | |||||||
| A. Sumpf Parey A / E Rathenow | Rathenow | Parey | Berlin-Westend | Berlin-Charlottenburg | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Schmargendorf | Berlin-Westend | Berlin-Charlottenburg | Berlin-Westend | Berlin-Grunewald |
| F. Schwarzlose Parey A / E Rathenow. | Rathenow | Parey | Berlin-Charlottenburg | ||||||||
| FR.SCHWARZLOSE BERGZOW RATHENOW | Rathenow | Bergzow | Berzow | ||||||||
| F. Schwarzlose Rathenow. | Rathenow | Parey | Berlin-Grunewald | ||||||||
| FV Rathenow. | Rathenow | Parey | Berlin-Kreuzberg | ||||||||
| F.VOIGTLAENDER PAREY A / E RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Parey | Berlin-Charlottenburg | Berlin-Westend | Berlin-Grunewald | ||||||
| G. Finck Parey A / Elbe Rathenow | Rarhenow | Parey | Uchtspringe | Berlin-Charlottenburg | |||||||
| PIR | Parey | ||||||||||
| V. Plotho brickworks P | Parey / Elbe | Parey | |||||||||
| Voigtleander | Parey | ||||||||||
| W.Köppen Parey A / E Rathenow. | Rathenow | Parey | Berlin-Westend | ||||||||
| B. Rathenow | Rathenow | Rossdorf | Bergzow | Berlin-Grunewald | Berlin center | Berlin-Charlottenburg | Berlin-Charlottenburg | ||||
| BR | (Borchmann Rathenow) | Rossdorf | Genthin | Berlin Tiergarten | Berlin domain Dahlem | Berlin domain Dahlem | Berlin domain Dahlem | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Moabit | ||
| ( Footprint ) | Rossdorf | ||||||||||
| H.Bode-Brettin. Rathenow. | Rathenow | Rossdorf | Berlin-Moabit | ||||||||
| vP Rathenow | Rathenow | Break | |||||||||
| GBR Stutzer Rathenow. | Rathenow | Uchtspringe | Berlin-Grunewald | ||||||||
| Voigt | Dersekow-Alt Pansow | ||||||||||
| R.SCHW PR.RTHN | Splatter leg | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Kreuzberg | Berlin-Schöneberg | ||||||
| Kersten & Weinholz BergzowRathenow | Rathenow | Bergzow | |||||||||
| MKB RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Bergzow | Berzow | Berlin-Grunewald | |||||||
| Maess R. | Genthin | ||||||||||
| WT Rathenow. | Genthin | Genthin | |||||||||
| KÖPPEN & BURCKHARDT RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Genthin | Genthin | Berlin-Charlottenburg | |||||||
| Swowoda & singer Genthin Rathenow | Rathenow | Genthin |
List of brick stamps only in Berlin
| stamp | Assignment | Location | Location | Location | Location | Location | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B.RATH | West end | West end | |||||
| CGMATTHES RATHENOW. | Rathenow | West end | West end | center | |||
| G. MAASS Rathenow | Rathenow | center | Steglitz | ||||
| Bellinchen | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| EM Bwdr | Birkenwerder | Kreuzberg | |||||
| FH Bwdr. | Birkenwerder | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Domain Dahlem | |||
| KetH Bwdr. | Birkenwerder | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | ||||
| K&H. Bwdr. | Birkenwerder | Kreuzberg | |||||
| CFGantzer Ww. Briest, Rathenow. | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| MOLKENBERG near RATHENOW | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| Sittig & W. Rathenow | Rathenow | Marienfelde | Grunewald | Kreuzberg | Moabit | Moabit | Zoo |
| A Schlagenthin. | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Moabit | center | |
| CGRth. | (Carl Güldenpfennig Genthin?) | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | ||||
| HE | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| GR | Kreuzberg | Spandau | Moabit | ||||
| HWR | Kreuzberg | Grunewald | |||||
| KEHNERT a / E. | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| MR.L. | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Luisenstadt | Grunewald | Kreuzberg | Moabit | |
| RATHENOW STDT.-ZGL | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | |||||
| SR | (Sittig Rathenow) | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Spandau | |
| SITTIG.R. | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Spandau | Zoo | |||
| Eduard Borchmann Rathenow | Rathenow | Spandau | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Moabit | ||
| C. Bretting | Moabit | Grunewald | |||||
| E. OENICKE. RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Moabit | Kreuzberg | ||||
| FR.NETBAND DERBEN AD ELBE | Moabit | Kreuzberg | Dahlem | ||||
| FWR | Moabit | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | center | Steglitz | ||
| HEIDEPRIEM RATHENOW 1 | Moabit | ||||||
| HEIDEPRIEM RATHENOW 3 | Moabit | ||||||
| MRK | Moabit | ||||||
| MÖGELIN RATHENOW | Rathenow | Moabit | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Moabit | ||
| RATHENOW vB | Rathenow | Moabit | Kreuzberg | ||||
| SINGER BERZOW RATHENOW | Rathenow | Moabit | |||||
| vKM RATHENOW 3 | Moabit | ||||||
| vKM RATHENOW 5 | Moabit | ||||||
| W. VOIGTLÄNDER RATHENOW | Rathenow | Moabit | Kreuzberg | ||||
| BARNEWITZ RATHENOW 3 | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Schöneberg | center | ||
| BARNEWITZ RATHENOW 5 | Kreuzberg | Moabit | Kreuzberg | ||||
| FLAG. RATHENOW | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | Grunewald | ||||
| Siemon Rt. | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| THbR | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| AL Horrnholz | Luisenstadt | West end | |||||
| GvK-PL-RT | Luisenstadt | ||||||
| MOLLBENTER | Luisenstadt | ||||||
| OTTO KAYSER 3 RATHENOW | Rathenow | center | |||||
| OTTO KAYSER RATHENOW | Rathenow | Luisenstadt | |||||
| R.Jerchel | Luisenstadt | ||||||
| vKV RATHENOW 3 | Luisenstadt | Kreuzberg | |||||
| vKV RATHENOW 4 | Luisenstadt | Kreuzberg | |||||
| WITTE & S.vS RATHENOW | Rathenow | Luisenstadt | Moabit | ||||
| BORCHMANN RATHENOW | Rathenow | Grunewald | Kreuzberg | Zoo | |||
| HUBERT BORCHMANN RATHENOW | Rathenow | Grunewald | Charlottenburg | ||||
| HW | Grunewald | ||||||
| RATHENOW A.Mäss & F.Kersten BERGZOW. | Rathenow | Grunewald | |||||
| VF | Grunewald | ||||||
| W.BORCHMANN MOLKENBERG at RATHENOW | Rathenow | Grunewald | |||||
| FHR | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| IF.MEUSS RATHENOW | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| KOHLHOFF RATHENOW | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| M.DH. | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| MRK 5 | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| MRK 6 | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| Sch. B. RATHENOW | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | ||||
| Fuhrhop | Spandau | ||||||
| KH RATHENOW | Rathenow | Friedrichshain | |||||
| N. RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| RATHENOW A.Mäss & F. Kersten BERGZOW | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | Moabit | ||||
| vKF RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| FROM PLOTHOSCHE WORKS PAREY-RATHENOW | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| KUNHEIM & Co FREIENWALDE a / O | Kreuzberg | Schöneberg | |||||
| BARNEWITZ RATHENOW 6 | center | ||||||
| BARNEWITZ RATHENOW 7 | center | ||||||
| Hermsdorf near Berlin. | center | ||||||
| TFüllner R. | center | ||||||
| F. SENGER RATHENOW | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| OTTO KAYSER 2 RATHENOW | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| T. FILLER. | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| FCK Bwdr | Birkenwerder | West end | center | ||||
| BARNEWITZ RATHENOW | Charlottenburg | ||||||
| C. Bretting HAVELBERG | Charlottenburg | ||||||
| CFG Rathenow | Rathenow | Charlottenburg | |||||
| F.BERNS HAVELBERG | Charlottenburg | ||||||
| F. SCHWARZ RATHENOW | Rathenow | Charlottenburg | |||||
| GS-RATHENOW | Rathenow | Charlottenburg | |||||
| HEIDEPRIEM RATHENOW 2 | Charlottenburg | ||||||
| HEIDEPRIEM RATHENOW 6 | Charlottenburg | ||||||
| Mr. Telitz HAVELBERG | Charlottenburg | Grunewald | |||||
| MKSch. RATHENOW | Rathenow | Charlottenburg | |||||
| SCHUWARDT RATHENOW | Rathenow | Charlottenburg | Charlottenburg | ||||
| FORMER BABENZ RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Charlottenburg | |||||
| WG RATHENOW | Rathenow | Schmargendorf | Grunewald | ||||
| FISCHER & RIEDEL PREMNITZ RATHENOW | Rathenow | Spandau | |||||
| … .MÜBE… Rathenow | Rathenow | Spandau | |||||
| GvK | center | Moabit | |||||
| PREMNITZ RATHENOW | Rathenow | center | |||||
| PARNEWITZ RATHENOW 5 | Moabit | ||||||
| BARNEWITZ RATHENOW 4 | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| D.WITTE & S. RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Kreuzberg | |||||
| KHR | Kreuzberg | ||||||
| BABENZIEN RATHENOW | Rathenow | center | |||||
| MPR | center | ||||||
| OFW RATHENOW | Rathenow | center | |||||
| A.MEWES.D. RATHENOW. | Rathenow | West end | |||||
| A.NEUMANN RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Grunewald | |||||
| A.NEUMANN RTH. | Grunewald | ||||||
| FWPasche RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Grunewald | |||||
| LUCKE & COMP. DERBEN.BPADE RATHENOW. | Rathenow | Grunewald | |||||
| M.RATH. | Grunewald | ||||||
| OTTO BEYER FRIESACK | Grunewald | ||||||
| BORCHMANN MOLK.RATH. | (Neu-Molkenberg) | Marzahn | |||||
| WR | Marzahn | ||||||
| Hermsdorff | Moabit | Moabit | |||||
| ZW Rettiner | Spandau |
Similar items
- In antiquity, the water pipes were marked with the Roman lead pipe stamp.
Web links
Commons : Brick stamps - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Private website (Brandenburg)
- BRANDENBURG and BERLIN'S BRICK HISTORY
Remarks
- ↑ Cf.: Hans-Joachim Kann : Introduction to Roman brick stamps based on new finds from the Trier palace auditorium. Trier 1985. p. 78ff. ISBN 3-923575-04-1