Heimatmuseum Banfetal
Village museum in Banfe, a district of Bad Laasphe, covering everyday life, crafts, mining and the history of Wittgenstein across about 800 m².
Om museet
The foundation was laid by Werner Schmidt, who began collecting objects from the Banfe Valley in 1962. On May 22, 1965, the collection was presented as a “Heimatstube” (local heritage room) at the first Heimattag (heritage day) – in a municipally owned half-timbered house that at the time also served as a residence and as the equipment house of the volunteer fire department. Members of the local branch of the Sauerländischer Gebirgsverein (Sauerland hiking club) helped with further expansion.
Expanded rooms opened in 1968, and in 1985 the East German Heritage Room was added, with mementos of expellees from Silesia, Pomerania and Prussia. After the fire department moved out in the late 1980s, the museum was able to take over more rooms; the staircase, entrance and facade were renovated. The building now belongs to the town of Bad Laasphe, and the museum is run by volunteers from the Wander- und Heimatfreunde Banfetal (hiking and heritage club).
Across some 800 square meters, the museum shows furnished living rooms, a 1950s hair salon, a classroom and toys, along with prehistory and early history, rural self-sufficiency, flax processing with a loom, forestry, mining and the iron industry, and the history of the fire department. Around the museum courtyard are a show tunnel, a village smithy, a wheelwright’s shop and a cooper’s workshop. For its 60th anniversary in 2025, the association set out to inventory and digitize its holdings and to make the museum more open to families, schools and kindergartens.
Højdepunkter
- Show tunnel and mineral collection
- Village smithy, wheelwright’s shop and cooperage on the museum courtyard
- Historic 1950s hair salon
- Loom for flax processing, in operation on opening days
- East German Heritage Room (since 1985)
Permanente udstillinger
- Leben und Arbeiten in Wittgenstein – A furnished home, a classroom, craft workshops, agriculture and forestry, as well as mining and the iron industry illustrate everyday life in the region. On the museum courtyard, a show tunnel, smithy and wheelwright’s shop complement the exhibition.
- Ostdeutsche Heimatstube – Section established in 1985 with mementos of expellees from Silesia, Pomerania and Prussia.
- Grundlagt
- 1965
- Ejer
- Wander- und Heimatfreunde Banfetal e. V.
Entrépriser & rabatter
Der er gratis entré.
| Voksne | gratis |
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Free admission; donations are welcome.
Tilgængelighed
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Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
- Familieomvisninger & workshops
Museum workshop for children; one exhibition area is devoted to the world of childhood with a doll and toy collection and an old classroom.
Transport & parkering
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Service & spisesteder
Museum courtyard for relaxing.
Arrangementer & udlejning
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Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Godt at vide | Special tours by advance registration. Also offered are a tour "Mit Sprichwörtern und Redensarten durch das Museum" (Through the Museum with Proverbs and Sayings) and screenings of historical films. |
