Museum Hochzeitshaus Fritzlar
Town museum in the half-timbered Hochzeitshaus (wedding house) of 1580/90: 1,300 years of Fritzlar history with audio and media stations and a 3D burial chamber.
Om museet
It all began in 1951 with a Fritzlar working group for prehistory and early history that was looking for a place for its finds. The town gave it the large hall on the first floor of the Hochzeitshaus, where the first prehistoric and early historic collections went on display in July 1956. Folk culture holdings were added later, and the building developed into a regional museum of prehistory and early history, folk culture and town history. Since 1980 the Stiftung Museum Fritzlar (museum foundation) has run the museum, while the buildings remain the property of the town.
The Hochzeitshaus itself was built between 1580 and 1590 on the stone base of a tithe barn that had belonged to the town estate of Haina Abbey. The town had bought the estate on condition that it build a festival hall there for weddings and other celebrations of the townspeople. Over the following centuries, the massive half-timbered building served as a military hospital, barracks, school and residential building, among other things; after 1945 refugees were also housed here for a time.
From 2017 the interior was extensively renovated and made accessible: a new stair tower with an elevator reaches the upper floors via bridges, and two open halls were restored on the first and second floors. On July 15, 2022, the building reopened as the Museum Hochzeitshaus with a new permanent exhibition that focuses entirely on the town's history and makes the listed building itself the most important exhibit.
On around 1,200 square meters, the exhibition spans from prehistory to the present. The third floor houses an event hall, a room for temporary exhibitions and a wedding room where marriage ceremonies are once again held.
Højdepunkter
- One of the largest half-timbered houses in Hesse, built 1580–1590
- 3D simulation of a stone chamber tomb around 5,500 years old
- Archaeology section with a large beaker from around 2800 BC
- Interviews with contemporary witnesses at audio and media stations, including on Jewish life in Fritzlar
- VR reconstruction of the Fritzlar synagogue, ravaged in 1938
- Historic boundary stones and a Renaissance portal in the museum courtyard
Permanente udstillinger
- Stadtgeschichte von der Vorzeit bis zur Reformation – On the first floor, the story ranges from archaeological finds through Fritzlar's heyday with imperial visits and synods in the 10th to 13th centuries up to the 16th century. A 3D simulation shows a Neolithic chamber tomb.
- Stadtgeschichte vom 16. Jahrhundert bis heute – The second floor covers everyday life, crafts, schools, water supply and the garrison up to the present day. Contemporary witnesses share their stories at audio stations, and a VR station reconstructs the destroyed synagogue.
- Grundlagt
- 1956
- Ejer
- Stiftung Museum Fritzlar
- Ledelse
- Stefanie Mnich
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 4 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 2 €Young people up to age 17, trainees/apprentices, university students, people with a disability degree (GdB) of 50 or more, recipients of benefits under SGB II and SGB XII (German social security codes) |
| Børn og unge | 2 €gratis til og med 5 år · Children under 6 free; reduced admission thereafter up to and including age 17. |
| Pensionister | –No senior discount listed. |
| Personer med handicap | 2 €Reduced from a disability degree of 50. |
| Studerende og elever | 2 €Also applies to trainees/apprentices. |
| Grupper (fra 10 pers.) | 3 € pr. personSchool classes and kindergartens get free admission. |
| Familier | –No family ticket listed. |
| Combination ticket Museum Hochzeitshaus + Dommuseum Fritzlar | 7 € |
Group tour for adults (1.5 hrs) €60 plus reduced admission; tour for school classes and kindergartens (1.5 hrs) €30. The public Thursday tour is at no extra charge, admission only.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator
- Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
- Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
Accessible entrance on the street Am Hochzeitshaus; an elevator in the stair tower serves all three levels. Visual aids can be borrowed at the reception. An inclusive history project with augmentative and alternative communication (Unterstützte Kommunikation) can be booked for schools.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 5 år |
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- Familieomvisninger & workshops
- Interaktive stationer
- Børnefødselsdage
Children can try on historical clothing and write with a goose quill and ink. There are workshops, Saturday workshops, hand-puppet tours and holiday programs (including during the children's holiday games in summer). Children's birthday parties for ages 5 and up by registration.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Fritzlar Allee
Nearest bus stop Fritzlar Allee (lines 407, 413 and express bus 500 Kassel–Bad Wildungen). Fritzlar train station is south of the Eder River, about 1.3 km from the old town; trains from Kassel direct or with a change in Wabern.
I bil
Parkering muligt
Public parking on the northern edge of the old town (Allee, Am Grauen Turm).
The museum is in the old town west of the market square; by car via the A 49 highway.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Arrangementer & udlejning
- Lokaler til leje
- Bryllupper / vielser
On the third floor there is a wedding room for marriage ceremonies and an event hall; events are also held in the museum courtyard.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 1,5 t. |
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| Audioguide | nej |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Public guided tour every Thursday at 15:00, no registration needed (admission only). Group and themed tours (approx. 1.5 hrs), also with a subsequent town walk, as well as free tours of the boundary stones and Renaissance portal in the museum courtyard by arrangement at museum@stadt-fritzlar.de. For schools there are themed tours and projects, some also outside opening hours. |
