Museum Burg Linn

Om museet

Burg Linn dates back to the 12th century; around 1200 the initially wooden complex was rebuilt in brick. Its hexagonal floor plan is unusual for a lowland castle on the Lower Rhine. Over the centuries the moated castle was expanded, besieged, and rebuilt until it was destroyed in 1704 in the War of the Spanish Succession. Only from 1926 did the restoration of the ruin begin.

In the outer bailey, the Elector of Cologne Clemens August had a brewery building converted into a hunting lodge in the 18th century. In 1806 it passed, together with the castle ruin, to the silk-weaving de Greiff family, who lived there for over a hundred years. After the City of Krefeld took over, the ensemble was opened to the public as a museum. The hunting lodge shows furnished living rooms of the 18th and 19th centuries and a collection of mechanical musical instruments.

The Archäologisches Museum (archaeological museum) grew out of a high bunker planned during the Second World War, which was designed from the outset for later museum use and housed exhibitions from 1952. It presents finds from the Ice Age to the early Middle Ages, above all from the Roman fort Gelduba and the large burial ground of Krefeld-Gellep, including the richly furnished grave of the Frankish prince Arpvar. Since 2021, Gelduba has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Lower German Limes. The ensemble is operated by the City of Krefeld.

Højdepunkter

• Medieval moated castle with hexagonal floor plan and keep with panoramic view
• Grave of the Frankish prince Arpvar from the Krefeld-Gellep burial ground
• Finds from the Roman fort Gelduba (UNESCO World Heritage Site Lower German Limes)
• Baroque hunting lodge with living rooms of the Krefeld silk barons
• Sunday demonstration of mechanical musical instruments
• Carolingian Rhine barge from the time of Charlemagne

Permanente udstillinger

• Archäologisches Museum – Finds from about 10,000 years of history on the Lower Rhine – from Ice Age hunters through the Roman fort Gelduba to the early medieval princely graves of Gellep.
• Mittelalterliche Burg – Tour of the moated castle with exhibitions on castle building, knights, sieges, and everyday life behind the walls.
• Jagdschloss – Furnished rooms of the 18th and 19th centuries on the home culture of Elector Clemens August and the Krefeld silk-weaving families, plus mechanical musical instruments.

Ejer

Stadt Krefeld

Ledelse

Peter Stahnke (kommissarischer Institutsleiter)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Free admission also for members of the friends' associations of Krefeld museums and of ICOM, CIMAM, the Deutscher Museumsbund, and the Bundesverband Museumspädagogik.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt
• Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger

The grounds and buildings are not accessible. The Archäologisches Museum is largely usable for people with walking disabilities (elevator); the castle and hunting lodge are accessible only via numerous stairs and uneven floors. Portable folding seats are available free of charge at the entrance. Assistance dogs are allowed.

Børn og familie

Velegnet til børn og familier

• Familieomvisninger & workshops
• Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
• Legeplads / legehjørne
• Børnefødselsdage

Children's tour in costume on the last Sunday of the month, vacation workshops, a free digital castle rally with the app "Actionbound", and children's birthday parties from the 6th birthday (€150 plus admission for accompanying persons). There is an adventure playground in the castle park.

Transport & parkering

Via the A 57, exit Krefeld-Zentrum/Duisburg-Süd or Krefeld-Oppum, toward Linn.

Service & spisesteder

• Café: findes ikke
• Opbevaringsskabe

The museum café on Rheinbabenstraße is permanently closed; dining options are available in the Linn old town. Larger bags, jackets, and backpacks go in lockers.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Bryllupper / vielser

The Marianne-Rhodius-Saal in the hunting lodge is used on selected dates as a wedding room of the Krefeld registry office (dates in the City of Krefeld's wedding calendar).

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