Preßnitztalmuseum

Om museet

The museum in Niederschmiedeberg, a district of Großrückerswalde, lies directly on the Preßnitz river and is itself housed in a former cardboard factory. The exhibition gives an overview of the economic and cultural history of the Preßnitz valley region, which extends across Saxony and Bohemia. Miners were already extracting iron and magnetite here in the 16th century, which was processed in forges and smelting works; later, water power drove cardboard factories. Further topics include the building trades, forestry and hunting, and the Preßnitz valley railway, on which goods and people traveled.

Ore Mountain folk art includes wood carvings and bobbin lace, a large horse-drawn wagon for tree trunks, a multi-tiered pyramid, and the Heimatberg (home mountain), which members of the carving club built in the 1950s and 1960s with many moving parts.

In the rear part, the exhibition commemorates refrigerator production in the village: from the mid-1950s onward, cooling units made in Niederschmiedeberg were sold worldwide until the company closed in 2001. According to the museum, CFC-free refrigerators were also developed here. The entrance hall traditionally shows changing exhibitions.

Højdepunkter

• Former cardboard factory on the Preßnitz river
• Heimatberg of the carving club
• Ore Mountain wood carvings and bobbin lace, pyramid
• Refrigerator manufacturing in Niederschmiedeberg (dkk)
• Iron processing, cardboard industry and Preßnitz valley railway
• Children's playground in front of the building

Permanente udstillinger

• Heimatberg und erzgebirgische Volkskunst – Carved and bobbin-lace work, a horse-drawn wagon, a multi-tiered pyramid and the large Heimatberg with moving figures show the customs of the village.
• Kühlschrankbau in Niederschmiedeberg – The exhibition documents nearly 50 years of cooling-unit production in the village, from the 1950s until the closure in 2001.

Ejer

Gemeinde Großrückerswalde

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Børn og familie

• Legeplads / legehjørne

A large children's playground is located directly in front of the building.

Transport & parkering

The museum lies on the Preßnitz valley cycling and hiking trail, which the Naturfreunde hiking group finds the best way to reach it.

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