Museum Segeberger Bürgerhaus
City museum in the oldest residential building in Bad Segeberg (1541): five centuries of living culture and 800 years of city history, free admission.
About the museum
The half-timbered house on Lübecker Straße was built in 1541, a few years after Segeberg had been almost completely destroyed in the Count's Feud. Initially it was a simple hall house with a large entrance hall, parlor and kitchen; early owners included councilmen, mayors and Danish governors such as Heinrich Rantzau. Around 1585 a floor was added – the small bedroom "Upkamer" and the richly carved street gable date from this time.
Later generations, mainly craftsmen, remodeled the house several times; in 1814, for example, a lodger's apartment was added. In 1949 the town bought the dilapidated building, which remained inhabited until 1959 and was then to be demolished. With state funds it was elaborately restored in 1963/64 and opened in November 1964 as a municipal local history museum.
Since 2012 the museum has been run by the Bad Segeberg adult education center (Volkshochschule). In the following years, two new permanent exhibitions were created: one shows the development of middle-class living culture through the residents and their rooms, the other the history of the town from the medieval castle settlement on the Kalkberg to the spa town and the Karl May Festival. In 2017, a virtual city model "Segeberg anno 1600" was created with HafenCity University Hamburg. Since 2021 the volunteer-run house has been called Museum Segeberger Bürgerhaus.
Highlights
- The town's oldest surviving residential building, dating from 1541
- Upkamer with Utlucht (bay window) from the 1580s
- City model of Segeberg around 1600 with the Siegesburg
- Animated film about the virtual city model "Segeberg anno 1600"
- Free admission
Permanent exhibitions
- 500 Jahre Entwicklung bürgerlicher Wohnkultur im Spiegel eines 470 Jahre alten Hauses – Tour through 13 historic rooms from the original structure of 1541 to the last residential use in 1959, with floor plans, models and figurines of former residents.
- 800 Jahre Stadtgeschichte Segeberg – Von der mittelalterlichen Burgsiedlung zum modernen Kurort – Traces the path from the settlement on the Kalkberg through the residence of the Rantzau era to the spa town and the Karl May Festival, with a large city model of about 1600.
- Founded
- 1964
- Operated by
- Volkshochschule Bad Segeberg e. V.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
| Adults | free |
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Free admission, donations welcome.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
In the old town on Lübecker Straße, right next to the town hall.
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | The house is largely freely accessible in its historic room layout. One room shows exhibitions that change every three to four months. |
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