Regionalmuseum Kalchofengut

About the museum

The Kalchofengut in Unken is a Mitterpinzgau single-structure farmhouse (Einhof) whose origins go back to the 13th century; living quarters and farm buildings lie under one roof. The farm is first documented in 1498 in the archiepiscopal land register, but is considered one of the oldest farmsteads in the Unken basin. Striking features are the stone door and window surrounds made of local conglomerate, the memorial boards for the dead on the barn door and the marble elements on the front door, windows and façade.

The museum's history begins in 1969 with the founding of the Museumsverein Festung Kniepaß Unken. In 1972 the association rented three rooms in the Kalchofengut for a museum, until the entire house became available from 1985. Today the Museumsverein Unken runs the regional museum.

The tour leads through the parlour, smoke kitchen and front stable up to the bedroom on the upper floor. Exhibits include Pinzgau traditional costumes, rosaries, religious relics, an old church nativity scene and the development of the Unken primary school since 1616. In the barn, the exhibition "Unteres Saalachtal: Lebensraum! – Grenzraum?" (Lower Saalach Valley: Habitat! – Border region?) explains the region with a 12-square-metre landscape model; further areas are devoted to forestry, wheelwrighting, beekeeping and flax processing, and to poaching. Events are also held in the stable and parlour.

Highlights

• Pinzgau single-structure farmhouse from the 13th century
• Smoke kitchen that is still in use today
• 3D landscape model of the Lower Saalach Valley (1:17,000)
• Pinzgau traditional costumes and historic nativity scene
• Sacred chamber with relics and rosaries
• Exhibition on poaching

Permanent exhibitions

• Unteres Saalachtal: Lebensraum! – Grenzraum? – Regional history of the municipalities in the Lower Saalach Valley with a 3D model at a scale of 1:17,000 and 18 display panels.
• Wilderei – Not oder Leidenschaft? – The front stable is devoted to the subject of poaching in the region.
• Pinzgauer Bauernhöfe – Large-scale drawings of Saalach Valley farmsteads by the illustrator Horst Kirchtag, decorating the walls of the stable and sheep stable.

Founded

1972

Operated by

Museumsverein Unken

Admission & discounts

Partner of the Salzburger Saalachtal Card and the Hoamat Card.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

The parlour and stable are used for events.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Weddings / ceremonies

Up to 110 guests.

Parlour for up to 25 people (also civil weddings, enquiries via the municipality of Unken), stable and sheep stable for 70 to 110 people.

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