Dorfmuseum Mönchhof

About the museum

The Dorfmuseum Mönchhof grew out of the private collection of Josef Haubenwallner and has existed as an open-air museum since 1990. Over decades the Haubenwallner family gathered houses, furnishings and tools from the Seewinkel; many of the buildings originally stood in Mönchhof and were rebuilt on the grounds, the family’s former vineyard. In 2002 the museum received the Austrian Museum Seal of Quality.

The site is divided into three areas. The first shows what the people of the Heideboden lived from – cultivation, harvest and working tools – while the second is devoted to storing provisions for their own needs. Behind a pond lies a reconstructed village with a school, inn, grocery shop, cinema, municipal office, post office, fire station, dairy, mill, craftsmen’s workshops and church. A winegrower’s farm and a baker’s house illustrate the part-time farming typical of the region.

Opposite the museum grounds, the former Mönchhof railway station belongs to the museum as a branch. An exhibition in the station building, three historic carriages and a rebuilt storehouse tell of the Neusiedler Seebahn, the narrow-gauge railways of the estates and the expulsion of the Danube Swabians (Ungarndeutsche) in 1945. The houses can be entered; visitors can stop for a meal at the museum inn.

Highlights

• Around 35 walk-in buildings from the Heideboden
• Reconstructed village with school, cinema, grocery shop and church
• Museum inn with historic furnishings
• Branch museum station with three historic carriages
• Reconstructed border crossing from Andau with a Trabant

Permanent exhibitions

• Museumsdorf Heideboden – Around 35 rebuilt houses with workshops, living quarters, an inn, school and church show everyday life in the Heideboden between about 1890 and the 1960s.
• Museumsbahnhof Mönchhof – The branch in the former railway station is devoted to the Neusiedler Seebahn; it includes three carriages and a storehouse with freight and railway equipment.

Founded

1990

Operated by

Familie Haubenwallner

Admission & discounts

Free admission with the Burgenland Card (except for events).

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Getting there & parking

From Vienna via the A4 to the Mönchhof exit, then follow the “Dorfmuseum” signs; from Eisenstadt via the B50 and B51 to Mönchhof, signposted from the roundabout.

Amenities & dining

• Restaurant
• Museum shop

Museum inn in the historic tavern; museum shop at the entrance with wine, schnapps, jams, pastries and the museum catalogue.

Events & venue rental

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