The year indication of the foundation of this old clothmakers' guild factory in yellow brick on a base of contrasting red brick. The date is set in a semi-circular arch on a continuous brick molding. The factory building was executed in a conventional utility style architecture which one can find all over German-speaking mid Europe.
I discovered this factory building during a bicycle ride. This building houses now the Dampfmaschine Rosswein Museum (museum for stream machinery).
See also: dampfmaschine-rosswein.de/
About the history of the use of year stones in architecture:
English: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor_plate
Dutch: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muuranker
And: nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaartallen_op_gebouwen
Rosswein, South of Döbeln (former DDR), Stadtbadstrasse on river Freiberger Mulde, Aug. 10, 2014.
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