Storchenturm-Museum
Town museum in the nearly 700-year-old Storchenturm in Zell am Harmersbach – town history, crafts, clocks and a view from the tower; free admission.
Om museet
The Storchenturm (“stork tower”), about 25 meters high, was built around 1330 as part of the fortifications of Zell am Harmersbach and is now the town’s landmark; it owes its name to the storks that like to nest on it. In the Middle Ages its cool walls also served as a jail and starvation dungeon.
In 1960 the newly founded town museum moved into the tower. The old prison with its shame bell, thumbscrew and other instruments of punishment remained part of the exhibition. Since 1997 the adjoining Haus Volk, a former fire station, has also belonged to the museum. A climb of 108 steps leads up to the former tower keeper’s room with a view over the old town.
On around 800 square meters, some 3,000 objects collected by the people of Zell over decades present the history and culture of the Harmersbach valley: reconstructed workshops of cigar makers, tinsmiths and potters, tableware from Zeller Keramik, minerals from the Kinzig valley, coins, a dollhouse and a Märklin model railway. The Bildstein collection, named after its donor, includes Black Forest clocks up to an astronomical clock from 1896. An orchestrion from Waldkirch dating from 1897 still plays today, and a Basel Dance of Death made of 42 terracotta figures is considered a special gem.
Højdepunkter
- View from the tower keeper’s room after 108 steps
- Medieval tower prison with instruments of punishment
- The 1897 orchestrion “Zamba”, which plays for one euro
- Bildstein collection with an astronomical clock from 1896
- Basel Dance of Death made of 42 terracotta figures
- Tableware from Zeller Keramik
Permanente udstillinger
- Stadt- und Kulturgeschichte im Storchenturm – A tour across several tower levels and the Haus Volk with the tower prison, craftsmen’s workshops, Zeller Keramik, minerals, coins and toys.
- Bildstein-Sammlung – Clock collection with Zell porcelain-dial clocks, cuckoo clocks, longcase clocks and musical clocks, as well as an astronomical clock by the Zell clockmaker Gustav Riehle.
- Grundlagt
- 1960
- Ejer
- Stadt Zell am Harmersbach
Entrépriser & rabatter
Der er gratis entré.
| Grupper | –Tours for groups of up to 20 people €50, only with advance booking through the tourist information office. |
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Free admission; the museum rally for children is included.
Tilgængelighed
- Kørestolsvenlig: ingen oplysninger
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- 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 route through the tower climbs 108 steps up to the tower keeper’s room.
Børn og familie
Velegnet til børn og familier
- Opgavehæfte, skattejagt eller audioguide for børn
Museum rally for children aged 6 and up: with a booklet and the mascot Prof. Gustav Federleicht, kids follow stork tracks to puzzle and search stations and receive a certificate at the end. Takes about 45–60 minutes and is included in the free admission.
Transport & parkering
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Service & spisesteder
- Museumsbutik
Arrangementer & udlejning
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja |
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| Godt at vide | Guided tours only with advance booking through the Tourist-Information Zell am Harmersbach (Hauptstraße 19). |
