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In the article for the "Denkmalbrief" newsletter, Managing Director H. Christoph Freudenberger talks about the association, the denkmal trade fair in Leipzig and the current challenges facing heritage conservation and restoration in Germany.

Presenter Andrea Ballschuh goes on an antique hunt together with two experts. They examine aging old pieces or bizarre items of junk and decide whether they can be made valuable again. Refurbishing or reworking is the motto of the new show "valuable again". A total of 5 episodes of the "refinement show" were broadcast on ZDF in 2016.

Second translocation in Söhnstetten on a good way. Reconstruction of the old school building on the HBO site at Gerstetter Berg progresses.

Important decisions had to be made at the general meeting in Aachen. On the one hand the board had to be newly elected and on the other hand important decisions had to be made regarding the participation of the UHB at the denkmal 2016 in Leipzig.

The article "Fachwerk-Sanierung mit Fingerspitzengefühl" in the newspaper "Die Welt" reports about the topic "Fachwerk-Sanierung", the UHB and the development of the Fachwerk scene.

The magazine Country Style introduces the companies of our members Martin Kölnberger, Jürgen Schaubhut, Erich Krause, Olaf Elias and Thomas Knapp, where you can find character pieces that give your personal living environment a very special aura.

A children's book also for adults. On the subject of "historical building materials", this book explains with great drawings and photos how an old, listed farm can be converted into a holiday farm and restored.

On 13 and 14 June 2015 we inaugurated our new premises in the old Fülmer School in Eisbergen (a district of Porta Westfalica/North Rhine-Westphalia).

The idea of offering restored monuments as holiday homes very close to their original condition has been inspiring UHB Managing Director H.Christoph Freudenberger since the 1990s. The WP61 Railway Keeper's House on the Black Forest Railway is such an object!

Das Haus Cumberland in Berlin am Kurfürstendamm ist ein denkmalgeschütztes Gebäude. Es stammt aus dem Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts, diente als Hotel und Sitz verschiedener Verwaltungen. Seit dem Jahr 2011 ist es restauriert und zum Geschäfts- und Wohnhaus umgebaut worden. Olaf Elias hat mit seinem Bergungsteam viele Badeinrichtungen, Türen und Fenster vor dem Umbau retten können.