Fichtelgebirge Museum

The Fichtelgebirgsmuseum is a regional museum in Wunsiedel, formerly the " capital" of the country and today Sechsämter district town in the Fichtelgebirge.

The formerly respected trades as tinsmiths and potters were displaced by the industry already in the 19th century. Therefore, already in 1907, the desire to preserve the old skills. The museum was realized by the Fichtel Mountain Club. Since 1964 it is located in a wing of the company founded in the 15th century Sigmund When Hospital (which accomplished the task of a hospital ). In the 1980s, more hospital buildings have been converted and attached to the museum, 2004, the last two houses were opened. In the first newly acquired building departments " Blue Dyeing / blue print ", " Children's World / game worlds " as well as an accessible for visitors Depot Museum are set up. In the second new building houses the museum's library as well as workshops and function rooms. In the past nine houses, the museum has more than 2500 m² of exhibition space.

In the north wing, the departments history, geology, mineralogy and mining are housed. The focus is on a mineral collection with about 2000 individual pieces, mainly from the Fichtelgebirge, the northern Upper Palatinate Forest, the Münchberger gneiss mass and the Franconian Forest. In the south wing are the regional and cultural history departments. Particularly worth mentioning is the furniture collection that mainly consists of painted furniture of the 18th and 19th century from the Fichtelgebirge. About the author Jean Paul (1763-1825) and the political assassin Karl Ludwig Sand (1795-1820) - both born in Wunsiedel - enter documentation information.

Workshops

On the ground floor of the north wing three workshops are operated: A forge, a pottery and a pewter. Visitors can take a picture of the once important trades here.

Blacksmith and tinsmith offer demonstrations on request or on special events, for example, often to Wunsiedler Fountain Festival. In the pottery, however, goods are regularly Tuesday through Friday mornings from art ceramist Fred Zimmermann made ​​after historical model. He also runs a Töpferhof in Blenheim in the Fichtelgebirge.

Living room

Wedding car