Wolhynier Umsiedlermuseum

Om museet

After World War II, numerous German refugees came to Linstow in Mecklenburg; more than half of the 73 families who received land here during the 1945 land reform came from Volhynia in what is now northwestern Ukraine. Their ancestors had settled there as farmers and craftsmen from the 1860s on, were resettled in 1939/40, and had to flee again in 1945. In Linstow, they built their houses the way they knew them from their old homeland: from wooden planks and clay, thatched with straw and reed.

One of these houses was built in 1947 by Emma Altmann with her eldest sons. Under one roof were the kitchen, living room, bedroom, a chamber for the maid, the stable, and the harvest storage. In 1987 the house was closed off and was to be demolished. After the political changes, the municipality took over the building in 1990 and, with the help of eyewitnesses, converted it into a museum; the furnishings were collected from donations by former Volhynian Germans. The museum opened on August 6, 1993, and in the same year the Heimatverein Linstow (local history association) was founded as its operator.

In the following years, a bakehouse, farm buildings, an earth cellar, a Garden of Remembrance with a gravestone from Volhynia, and in 2005 an education and museum barn were added. In 2017, the permanent exhibition on the refugees' new beginning in the postwar period was redesigned, and in 2023 the house was renovated. In addition to guided tours, the museum offers project days and seminars on flight, expulsion, and migration.

Højdepunkter

• Original resettler farmstead from 1947 in traditional timber-and-clay construction
• Furnishings from donations by former Volhynian Germans
• Garden of Remembrance with a gravestone from Volhynia and a multilingual memorial stone
• Bakehouse, earth cellar, and agricultural tools
• Museum festival every year on the first weekend of September

Permanente udstillinger

• Umsiedlerhof – Neubeginn der Wolhyniendeutschen in Linstow – The originally furnished farmhouse from 1947 and the exhibition redesigned in 2017 use objects, photos, and documents to show the origins, flight, and new beginning of the Volhynian Germans in the postwar period.

Grundlagt

1993

Ejer

Heimatverein Linstow e. V.

Ledelse

Michael Thoß

Entrépriser & rabatter

Cash only. Prices for educational programs depend on group size and scope. School classes from Mecklenburg-Vorpommern can apply to the school authority for a subsidy of up to €500 for travel and admission.

Tilgængelighed

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

The grounds are only partially accessible: the ground floor of the museum is step-free, the attic only via stairs. The event barn with the restrooms is suitable for wheelchairs and walkers.

Børn og familie

Children up to 5 years free. Educational programs for children and teenagers are aimed at school classes and groups.

Transport & parkering

By car via the A19, exit 15 Linstow; in the village take the 2nd exit at the roundabout, then after about 800 m turn right onto Kiether Straße. The museum is located directly on the Berlin–Copenhagen long-distance cycle route; at the museum barn there is a charging station for up to four e-bikes. The train stations Langhagen and Nossentin (12 km each) and Malchow (15 km) can be reached by bike via forest paths.

Service & spisesteder

• Café: findes ikke
• Restaurant: findes ikke

No catering during regular opening hours; for groups of 10 or more as part of educational programs, Volhynian dishes such as pirogi and borscht as well as coffee and cake by arrangement. Dining and accommodation nearby at the Van der Valk Resort Linstow and the Gutshaus Linstow. Dogs are not allowed on the museum grounds.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje
• Private fester

Op til 80 personer.

The education and museum barn with a hall (up to 80 people, event technology), a seminar room (up to 16 people), and a kitchen can be rented for private celebrations and educational events; terms on request.

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