Stadtmuseum Mannersdorf

About the museum

The first local museum in Mannersdorf was lost, along with its collections, at the end of the Second World War. When farming and construction work brought numerous archaeological finds to light from the 1960s onward, dedicated local citizens founded the Mannersdorf Culture and Museum Association in 1969 to safeguard the finds, build a new museum and carry out archaeological research in the area.

In 1973 the municipality, then a market town, transferred the former granary (Schüttkasten) of the Scharfeneck estate to the association as a museum building. It is a Renaissance-era grain store that, according to the association, was built in 1579. The museum opened on 26 October 1979; the association still runs it on a voluntary basis today.

The vaulted rooms of the cellar and ground floor house the archaeology and stonemasonry departments, the upper floor with its beamed ceiling is used for events, and the converted attic displays minerals and fossils as well as folklore and local history. The archaeological collection comprises finds from the former Scharfeneck estate territory from the Neolithic to the early Middle Ages and is also recognised by researchers.

Highlights

• Renaissance granary of the Scharfeneck estate as the museum building
• Archaeological finds from the Neolithic to the Avars, including a Roman face urn
• Tools and techniques of the stonemasons from the Leitha limestone quarries
• Fossils from the Tertiary sea such as shark teeth and shells, plus calcite crystals
• Folklore and local history with everyday objects and documents

Permanent exhibitions

• Archäologie – Finds arranged chronologically from the area around Mannersdorf, Sommerein, Hof and Au, from the Neolithic to the early Middle Ages, such as La Tène period pottery kilns and Roman inscriptions.
• Steinmetztechnik – Tools, transport equipment and working methods from the quarries of the Leitha Mountains, whose limestone was used for Gothic churches and the Vienna Ringstrasse.
• Mineralien und Fossilien, Volkskunde und Stadtgeschichte – In the attic: fossils from the former Tertiary sea and crystals from the quarries, plus tools, documents and pictures on everyday life and the development of the town.

Founded

1979

Operated by

Kultur- und Museumsverein Mannersdorf

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The exhibitions are spread across the cellar, ground floor and converted attic of the historic granary building.

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