Die Bachschmiede

The Bachschmiede is the cultural center opened in 2008, the community Wals.

History

The history of Bachschmiede can be traced back to the year 1567. At that time, built Georg Markhner below the standing on a rock conglomerate parish church of the whale Bachschmied - house Mühlbach. 1985 was considered at the suggestion of Sepp Forcher about the revitalization of the building. Initially planned as a local history museum, it could then be opened in 2008 as a museum and cultural center.

On the square in front of the so-called time Bachschmiede stone can be seen. This is a four times two meters high and eleven -ton stone from Unterberger marble. On him the story of the community Wals is shown in pictures. The artistic stone carvings were done by students of the vocational school in Walserfeld on a design by Franz Hirnsperger; each Steinmetz has signed his relief with his stonemason.

Cultural Opportunities

The museum's centerpiece is the beautifully restored forge the former Bachschmied family Reischl, which was revived as Schauschmiede. In the former horseshoe chamber you will find a comprehensive collection of horseshoes the Ebner family from Loig. Premises on the first floor provide an insight into the lifestyle of the 19th century and especially to remember the Bachschmiede son Jacob Lechner, a former professor at the Vienna Military veterinary medicinal Institute.

In the grown culture house is a museum devoted primarily Salzburg-Bavaria topics. The first exhibition was referring to 2008 to 1809 - Napoleon's army before Salzburg ( Fourth Napoleonic War), a current exhibition is dedicated to the coinage of the past 2000 years ( from the Roman denarius to € - 2,000 years of money in Salzburg and in neighboring Bavaria ), the next exhibition comes to Sacred folk Art from the surrounding region.

As the permanent exhibition The Roman Villa Rustica is presented in Loig in the museum, a Roman country house, which was discovered in 1815 in the village of Loig. Particularly impressive here is the copy of Theseus Mosaic. The originals of the mosaics are found in the inventory of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Also located in the Museum a collection of antique toys, which goes back to the collecting activities of Karin Gugg. The alternating exhibited historical and current toys provide insight into the cultural history of toys and toy industry in the growing of the 19th and 20th century

In an art hall (Foyer of the event location ) are regular exhibitions of different artists presented (including Robert Roubin, Ute Födermayr, Käthe Perner ).

The variable design Sepp Forcher Hall is the place of theater performances, lectures, cabaret performances (including Martina Schwarzmann, Vince Ebert, Kernölamazonen, Monika Gruber ), the International Walser Film Festival and concert events.