Papiermuseum Alte Dombach
LVR industrial museum in a historic paper mill in the Strunde valley: papermaking from the vat to the paper machine, and paper in everyday life.
Om museet
The Alte Dombach in the Strunde valley near Bergisch Gladbach is one of the traditional paper mills of the Bergisches Land. The permit for a paper mill was probably granted in 1614; the oldest building parts date by dendrochronology to about 1618. Paper production ended here around 1900; the buildings later belonged to the property of the paper factory Zanders.
At the end of 1987 the facilities passed to the Landschaftsverband Rheinland, which developed them into a site of its decentralized industrial museum. The museum opened in 1999 and, besides the half-timbered buildings of the old mill, also uses parts of the neighboring factory Neue Dombach.
The permanent exhibition traces the production and use of paper over about 250 years. A water-powered rag stamping mill, models of the mill and factory, and a small laboratory paper machine show the step from craft to industry; visitors scoop a sheet themselves at the vat. The largest exhibit is the roughly 40-meter-long paper machine PM 4 from 1889. Friendship notes, penny novels, paper theaters, packaging and hygiene paper tell how per-capita paper consumption rose from a luxury good to a mass product.
In the outdoor area stand further machines and fiber plants, and a small workers' house shows the life of a papermaking family in the 19th century. A paper festival and a paper market take place every year.
Højdepunkter
- Water-wheel-driven rag stamping mill
- Scoop your own paper at the vat
- Paper machine PM 4 from 1889 (about 40 m long)
- Demonstration of a laboratory paper machine
- Workers' house of a papermaking family
- Themed playground "Kleine Dombach" with water play
Permanente udstillinger
- Von der Papiermühle zur Fabrik, vom Luxusgut zum Wegwerfmaterial – Production of paper from the hand-scooped sheet to the paper machine and the role of paper in everyday life since 1800 – with a stamping mill, paper scooping and historic paper products.
- Grundlagt
- 1999
- Ejer
- Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR-Industriemuseum)
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 6 € |
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| Nedsat pris | 5 €Students, trainees, federal volunteer service participants, people with severe disabilities, recipients of benefits under SGB II and SGB XII |
| Børn og unge | gratisgratis til og med 17 år · Children and young people up to age 18 have free admission. |
| Pensionister | –No senior discount listed. |
| Personer med handicap | 5 €Reduced ticket for people with severe disabilities. |
| Studerende og elever | 5 € |
| Grupper (fra 10 pers.) | –School classes and daycare groups including accompanying persons free. |
Gratis entré: Free admission every first Friday of the month (does not apply to special exhibitions and events).
The museum ticket is valid for the permanent and special exhibitions. Group tour (up to 25 people): €55 for adults, €45 for children's groups and school classes.
Tilgængelighed
- Delvis kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator
- Handicaptoilet
- Handicapparkering
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog
- Letlæste tilbud
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
Elevator to all floors, but some rooms of the historic building can be reached only by steps; cobblestones on the paths. Tours with touch opportunities for blind people, sign language interpreters for tours free of charge on request, audio guide in Plain Language, seating in the exhibition.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
| Entré for børn | gratis til og med 17 år |
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- Familieomvisninger & workshops
- Interaktive stationer
- Barnevognsvenlig
- Puslerum
- Legeplads / legehjørne
- Børnefødselsdage
Children scoop paper themselves; every 1st Sunday a children's and family tour for children aged 4 and up, workshops and craft activities during the Easter, summer and fall holidays. Large themed playground "Kleine Dombach" with a mud and water play area. Children's birthday parties from age 4 (up to 12 children) with a tour, paper scooping and crafts; annual paper festival.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
Dombach
Bus stop "Dombach" (enter "Dombach, Bergisch Gladbach" in the timetable information), from there about 300 m on foot; from the Bergisch Gladbach S-Bahn station (S 11) by bus 426 toward Wipperfürth. On foot from the train station about 25 minutes via the pedestrian zone and bike path toward Herrenstrunden.
I bil
Gratis parkering · 300 m til indgangen
Free parking lot on Dombach-Sander-Straße (approx. 300 m, footpath down the valley), usable only during opening hours; a few spaces at Neue Dombach on Kürtener Straße (approx. 200 m). Two accessible parking spaces on Kürtener Straße.
- Handicapparkering
The museum is located in the Strunde valley on Kürtener Straße, about 2 km east of the center of Bergisch Gladbach.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
- Café
Café Alte Dombach with a beer garden on the grounds; temporarily closed due to a change of tenant. Picnic area.
Arrangementer & udlejning
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 60 min. |
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| Audioguide | ja (DE, EN, FR, NL) |
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Godt at vide | Audio guide free of charge. Group tours (up to 25 people, Tue–Fri on request from 9:00) can be booked through kulturinfo rheinland; special children's tours. |
