Bauernmuseum Staudenhaus
Smallholder house of the "Staudenhaus" type in Oberschönenfeld, showing everyday life on a cottager's homestead in the Swabian hinterland of Augsburg.
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About the museum
The Staudenhaus originally stood in Döpshofen, where it belonged to a village forge. When it was to be demolished in 1974, the then district heritage officer Hermann Endrös saved the last thatched house in the region. The building was dismantled and has stood since 1980 on the bank of the Schwarzach in Oberschönenfeld, where it is open as a farm museum.
The fully furnished house is a small-farm, middle-stable building of the "Staudenhaus" type. It shows the life of the residents of a cottager's homestead, as was typical of the Stauden landscape southwest of Augsburg. After an emergency covering in 2021, the roof received new thatch in 2025, because the rye straw used previously is no longer available as a building material.
The museum is managed by the Heimatverein for the district of Augsburg. It lies on the grounds of the Museum Oberschönenfeld but is a separate house with its own opening hours, and it can be visited with a combined ticket together with the Volkskundemuseum (folk museum).
Highlights
- Last thatched farmhouse in the region, saved from demolition in 1974
- Fully furnished smallholder house of the "Staudenhaus" type
- Insight into the life of a cottager's homestead in the Stauden
- Location on the bank of the Schwarzach on the grounds of Oberschönenfeld
- Combined ticket with the Museum Oberschönenfeld
Permanent exhibition
- Bauernhaus „Staudenhaus“ – Fully furnished smallholder house showing the living and working world of a cottager's homestead in the Stauden.
- Founded
- 1980
- Operated by
- Heimatverein für den Landkreis Augsburg e. V.
Admission & discounts
| Adults | €1 |
|---|---|
| Children & teens | €0.50free up to age 5 · Children from age 6 |
| Combined ticket with the Museum Oberschönenfeld | –Adults pay €1 in addition to the admission to the Museum Oberschönenfeld; children and young people up to 18 years are free. Available at the visitor center. |
Tickets are available directly at the Staudenhaus or as a combined ticket at the visitor center of the Museum Oberschönenfeld.
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Bahnhof Gessertshausen · 3.5 km
Gessertshausen train station (DB), then bus line 720 (weekday afternoons) or the on-demand shuttle AktiVVo to Oberschönenfeld; the walk from the station takes about 45–60 minutes (3.5 km).
By car
Free parking
Free, signposted parking on the grounds of Oberschönenfeld; two accessible parking spaces at the start of the parking row and two more at the gable of the Naturpark house. Buses only in the bus parking spaces; tour groups please register 1–2 weeks in advance.
Directions as for the Museum Oberschönenfeld: via the B 300 Augsburg–Memmingen, in Gessertshausen follow the direction of Waldberg and the signs "Museum und Abtei Oberschönenfeld"; for navigation devices, enter Gessertshausen, Oberschönenfelder Straße if needed.
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