Brunnenhausmuseum Schillingsfürst
Museum in Schillingsfürst with the ox treadmill of 1702 that supplied the palace with water, and exhibitions on rural everyday life.
Om museet
The princely well house (Brunnenhaus) was built in 1702 over a spring, the so-called Heiliger Bronnen (Holy Spring), about one and a half kilometers from the palace of the Princes of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst. The Nuremberg well and pipe master Martin Löhner built a pumping station for it, driven by oxen on an inclined treadwheel. Through wooden pipelines the water reached the palace, the nursery garden, and the brewery. In 1729 a water tower with its own reservoir was added, which was raised by a story in 1887 under Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst.
In 1920 an electric pump replaced the oxen, and at the end of the 1920s the well house was shut down. Only in the very dry summer of 1947 was water drawn from the spring once more.
From 1959, an initiative around the painter Ludwig Doerfler campaigned for the preservation of the facility. The first visits took place in 1967, and in 1972 the local tourism and local history association – today the Verein für Tourismus und Heimatpflege Schillingsfürst-Frankenhöhe – opened the Brunnenhausmuseum with regular opening hours. In 2006/07 the ensemble was comprehensively renovated.
Besides the treadmill system, unique in the German-speaking world in terms of technology and state of preservation, the museum includes the furnished well keeper's apartment with ox stable, the water tower with displays on crafts and agriculture, an herb garden, and a museum barn with agricultural equipment.
Højdepunkter
- Ox treadmill system of 1702 with inclined treadwheel and pumping station
- Baroque water tower with workshops and themes from flax to bread
- Furnished well keeper's apartment with adjoining ox stable
- Herb garden
- Museum barn with threshing machines and shepherd's wagons
Permanente udstillinger
- Ochsentretanlage – The pumping station of 1702 shows how oxen on an inclined treadwheel carried water to the palace for centuries.
- Brunnenwärterwohnung – Furnished living rooms from the late 18th and 19th centuries with pieces from Schillingsfürst and the surrounding area, right next to the ox stable.
- Wasserturm und Museumsscheune – Crafts and agriculture from the laundry room via wheelwright's shop and flax processing to threshing machines and shepherd's wagons.
- Grundlagt
- 1972
- Ejer
- Verein für Tourismus und Heimatpflege Schillingsfürst-Frankenhöhe e. V.
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 5 € |
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| Børn og unge | 1 €Children under 1 meter in height free, taller children €1. |
| Grupper | –Tours for groups and school classes by advance registration. |
Tilgængelighed
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Børn og familie
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Transport & parkering
By car via the A7, Wörnitz exit (about 5 km), or the A6, Feuchtwangen-Nord exit (about 7 km).
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
- Café
On the second Sunday of the month, coffee, cake, and drinks are served in the museum barn.
Arrangementer & udlejning
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Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Tours at every full hour from 13:00 to 17:00. For school classes and groups, tours with agreed topics (e.g., local history, water) are available by advance registration; a museum education room is available. Group tours outside opening hours through the Infocenter Schillingsfürst (tel. 09868 222). |
