Museum Hofmühle Dresden

Om museet

For more than 600 years, mills shaped the northern entrance to the Plauenscher Grund. In 1568 the Saxon ruling house bought the estate and operated a court mill there, which remained in the hands of the sovereign for more than 300 years; the electoral coat of arms from 1569 can still be seen on the courtyard façade.

In 1872 the entrepreneur Gottlieb Traugott Bienert acquired the mill and expanded it into a large industrial enterprise, which stayed in the Bienert family until 1945 and strongly influenced the development of Plauen. In 1972 the works were nationalized; in June 1991 milling operations ended.

The present museum building was erected in 1878 as a sales, residential and works building and remained almost unchanged until 1991. To save it, the Stiftung Hofmühle Dresden was founded in 2005; since 2006 it has been accessible as a museum. What survives above all is the mixing house with its transmission systems; the other milling installations were removed after closure.

The exhibitions cover the Bienert family, the dancer Gret Palucca, who joined the family by marriage, works by the architect Peter Albert, and historic crafts. Since 2025 there has also been a hand-weaving workshop.

Højdepunkter

• Gründerzeit building from 1878 with preserved mill technology
• Exhibition on the Bienert entrepreneurial family
• Palucca exhibition
• "Handwerkskunst" series with hand weaving
• Run by volunteers

Permanente udstillinger

• Hofmühle – Bienertmühle & Plauen – The exhibition presents the work of the Bienert entrepreneurial family in Plauen and Dresden and adds further evidence of local history.
• PALUCCA – A permanent loan from the Palucca School commemorates the dancer Gret Palucca, who married into the Bienert family.
• Handwerkskunst mit Handweberei – The series, still being built up, shows crafts such as art embossing (Kunstprägerei), baking and chocolate molds, as well as a museum hand-weaving workshop.

Grundlagt

2006

Ejer

Stiftung Hofmühle Dresden

Entrépriser & rabatter

The admission ticket is valid for all exhibitions. For groups of 12 or more, introductory talks are available for a surcharge of €1.50 per person.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis 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

The exhibition rooms are spread over four upper floors with stairs. A lift for people with walking difficulties can be used accompanied by museum staff; it is not a public elevator.

Børn og familie

Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette.

Transport & parkering

Address: Altplauen 21, 01187 Dresden-Plauen, on the Weißeritz river.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik

At the ticket desk there is information material and selected publications.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje

Rooms are rented out on the grounds of the Hofmühle-Bienertmühle, including the social room "Bienerts Laden" in the museum building.

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