Just a suggestion...
I live near Lübeck and all the Backsteinhäuser that I have seen are red...

UNESCO World Cultural Heritage - The Old Hanseatic City of Lübeck with Travemünde

Once known as the "Queen of the Hanseatic League", the Free Imperial and Hanseatic City of Lübeck is steeped in history and tradition. The Old Town on its oval island is one of the most impressive intact examples of medieval redbrick Gothic architecture. Lübeck was also the setting of Thomas Mann's "Buddenbrooks", and its proud old patrician houses and redbrick churches are now included on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list. Also recommended: Excursions to the genteel seaside resort of Travemünde, the lakes of Lauenburg and the lovely landscape of Swiss Holstein.

so... if they're red...


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STACS \'97: Sightseeing Tour
... KB); coat of arms (67 KB). \"Dom\" and \"Skyline\" of Lübeck ... seven church steeples, representatives of the \"Norddeutsche Backsteingotik\" (Gothic architecture ...
http://www.tcs.mu-luebeck.de/stacs97/Rundgang.html


Scandinavian art and architecture. The Columbia Encyclopedia, ...
... begun in the 12th cent., bears a resemblance to English Gothic architecture ... the Renaissance and baroque periods, the North German school of Lübeck ...
http://www.bartleby.com/65/sc/Scandart.html

luebeck
... Cultural Forum Burgkloster. Monastery (13th century) - jewel of gothic brickstone architecture. ... Hanse merchant’ and ‘Aspects of Jewish Life in Lübeck’. ...
http://www.pearls-of-the-north.com/eluebeck.html (Search within this site)

The original is to be read as "Haus mit Backsteingiebel" and not "Giebelhaus aus Backstein". The term refers to the gable, as one of the building elements, as being made of (exposed) red brick(work). In quarters constructed during the Middle Ages, the gable often was the only visible element when looking at the building from the street/lane. The Backsteine=bricks were not given a render finish so the observer enjoys a typical reddish colour.

Gable roofs = A pitched roof having a gable at each end

"The hotel itself, managed by Baroness Maria Paz von Graes, an interior architecture and fashion designer, is a replica of a red brick, gabled Münsterland farmhouse with 23 rooms. "