Twin spiral staircase
There are single-center, duozentrische and trizentrische multiple spiral staircases .
In architecture, a duocentric twin spiral staircase is a staircase that depicts the shape of an eight in the walking line . In the walking line of an eight, the flight of stairs meets several times depending on the height of the stairs.
The design was developed in the medieval construction huts.
- Germany
- 1579: Twin spiral staircase in the Evangelical City Church in Schorndorf
- Double spiral staircase - Stuttgart in the Höhenpark Killesberg ( Killesbergturm )
- Austria
- 1499–1500: Graz double spiral staircase in Graz Castle
- until 1505: twin spiral staircase in the parish church of Eferding in the northwest corner of the nave to the west gallery
- Elsewhere removed and added twin spiral staircase in the former All Saints Hospital in Kirchberg am Walde
- Slovakia
- after 1440: the oldest preserved twin spiral staircase in the Cathedral of St. Elisabeth in Košice
literature
- Friedrich Mielke : The history of the German stairs . Published by Wilhelm Ernst and Son, Berlin - Munich 1966.
Web links
Commons : Double spiral stairs - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
