Bayerisches Moor- und Torfmuseum

Om museet

The Bavarian Bog and Peat Museum is located north of Rottau on the edge of the Kendlmühlfilzen raised bog, directly on the Munich–Salzburg railway line. From 1920, Bernau prison operated a peat works here: prisoners were taken daily by narrow-gauge railway to the peat station and on into the bog to the peat cutting, and the track network in the bog was around 30 kilometres long in total. The works produced fuel peat, litter peat and garden peat, which was loaded directly onto the train.

Since 1988, a volunteer museum association has looked after the listed site, which it was also able to purchase in 2015. The wooden building of the peat station, about 17 metres high, is regarded as an impressive industrial monument; inside stands a peat bale press from 1933, which according to the association is the only completely preserved and still functioning one of its kind in Europe. It is demonstrated during the guided tours.

The exhibition itself is housed in the former carpentry workshop of the prison. It explains how bogs form, introduces the plants and animals of the raised bog, and shows tools used in traditional hand peat cutting by farmers. Among the best-known pieces are planks of a Celtic trackway from the Rottauer Filze, a replica of the bog body "Rosalinde" and a model of the formation of Lake Chiemsee. For the 100th anniversary of the peat station, a permanent exhibition on the history of the works and its connection to Bernau prison was added in 2021. With the locomotive "Molly", a narrow-gauge railway runs across the former works site, from which paths lead into the nature reserve.

Højdepunkter

• Peat bale press from 1933, the only working one of its kind in Europe
• Ride on the historic narrow-gauge railway with the locomotive "Molly"
• Peat station (1920), an industrial monument of timber construction
• Celtic plank trackway from the Rottauer Filze (around 600 BC)
• Replica of the bog body "Rosalinde"
• Kendlmühlfilzen nature reserve right next to the museum

Permanente udstillinger

• Bayerisches Moor- und Torfmuseum – Bog formation, flora and fauna of the raised bog, hand peat cutting and bog products, plus a Celtic plank trackway and a replica of the bog body Rosalinde.
• 100 Jahre Torfbahnhof und die Beziehung zur Strafanstalt Bernau – Exhibition on the upper floor about the history of the peat works and the work of the prisoners in the bog.
• Industriedenkmal Torfbahnhof und Feldbahn – The wooden peat works from 1920 with the demonstrated peat bale press from 1933 and a round trip on the narrow-gauge railway across the works site.

Grundlagt

1988

Ejer

Museumsverein Torfbahnhof Rottau e.V.

Entrépriser & rabatter

Admission includes the museum, the narrow-gauge railway ride and a tour of the peat station.

Tilgængelighed

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Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops

The narrow-gauge railway ride and the demonstration of the peat bale press are exciting for children too; in summer there is a holiday programme for children aged 6 to 10. The largely traffic-free grounds invite picnics and play.

Transport & parkering

At the end of Hackenstraße in Rottau. Signposted from the maypole on the B 305: coming from Bernau, turn left at the maypole into Hauptstraße, left at the church and follow Hackenstraße to the end. Motorway exits Bernau (from the west) or Übersee (from the east). Cycle and hiking paths from Bernau, Prien, Rottau, Grassau and Übersee.

Service & spisesteder

The museum association sells literature, bog products and souvenirs, also by mail order. The grounds are suitable for a picnic.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester

Family celebrations in the historic setting of the peat station, with a narrow-gauge railway ride on request – on enquiry.

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