Deutsches Ordensmuseum
Private museum in Neuffen with orders and decorations from around 170 years of German order history, including the awards of the federal states.
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About the museum
The Deutsches Ordensmuseum in Neuffen opened in 1982 for the city's 750th anniversary. It is a private institution; the pieces shown belong to its head, Heinrich Seewöster, who has run the museum from the beginning. A friends' and sponsors' circle supports the work and celebrated the museum's 40th anniversary.
The permanent exhibition traces around 170 years of German order history. One room is devoted to the Iron Cross from 1813 to 1945 and to awards from, among others, Oldenburg, Württemberg, Mecklenburg, Prussia, Hanover, and Saxony. Another room displays groups of orders and certificates from World War I, such as those of a Prussian fighter pilot, as well as Goethe medals for art and science and foreign orders.
The museum also shows the orders of merit of the Federal Republic, from the Verdienstkreuz am Bande (Order of Merit ribbon) to the Grand Cross, with the associated certificates. It also displays the current orders and decorations of the sixteen federal states, which were provided as permanent loans by the state and senate chancelleries. Visitors can also use an extensive library.
Highlights
- Around 170 years of German order history
- Iron Cross from 1813 to 1945
- Orders and decorations of the 16 federal states on permanent loan
- Federal orders of merit with certificates
- Extensive specialist library
Permanent exhibition
- Orden und Ehrenzeichen – 170 Jahre deutsche Ordensgeschichte – Display cases with awards of German states from the Iron Cross to the Federal Cross of Merit, supplemented by certificates, group and estate collections, and foreign orders.
- Founded
- 1982
- Operated by
- Freundes- und Förderkreis Ordenmuseum Neuffen (private Einrichtung)
- Director
- Heinrich Seewöster
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| Good to know | A specialist library is available to visitors. Visits outside the fixed dates are possible by telephone arrangement. |
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