Dorf- und Heimatmuseum Winterbach
Farmhouse museum from 1776 in Winterbach in the Rems Valley with a farm garden, bakehouse, doll collection and memorial room for Julie Kern/Palmer.
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About the museum
The first beginnings of a Winterbach local history museum go back to the 1930s, when a collection of historical objects was handed over to the municipality; it was largely lost in the Second World War. At the end of the 1960s a new local history collection was created in the cellar of the old school.
The museum found its present home in the so-called Haus Dobelmann, a farmhouse built in 1776 over an older vaulted cellar, which was used for farming until the late 1960s. The Dobelmann family, who owned the property for over a hundred years, sold it to the municipality in 1973 on condition that a local history museum be established there. Volunteers around Helmut Nachtrieb Sr. furnished it, and it opened in 1975 at the first Winterbach Brunnenfest. In 1981 the project received a special award in the national competition “Bürger, es geht um Deine Gemeinde”.
The house combines living quarters, stable and storerooms under one roof and looks as if the residents had only briefly gone out to the fields. On display are rural and middle-class living, flax and linen processing, village crafts, viticulture and farming tools, and under the roof an extensive collection of dolls and toys. Since 1984 a parlour has commemorated the dialect poet Julie Kern (J. Palmer). The museum also includes a farm garden with a bakehouse, the potter's kiln hut with potter's wheel and stove collection, and a lapidarium in the former cemetery building. Everything is run on a voluntary basis by the Heimatverein Winterbach.
Highlights
- Farmhouse from 1776 with living rooms, stable and storerooms under one roof
- Farm garden with bakehouse
- Doll and toy collection in the former attic
- Literary memorial Julie Kern/Palmer Room
- Potter's kiln hut with potter's wheel and stove collection
Permanent exhibitions
- Bauernhaus Dobelmann – Originally furnished farmhouse from cellar to attic with parlours, kitchen, stable, flax processing, crafts, viticulture and a doll and toy collection.
- Literarische Gedenkstätte Julie Kern/Palmer-Stube – Room with furniture and mementos of the Winterbach dialect poet Julie Kern (1858–1938), who wrote under the name J. Palmer.
- Founded
- 1975
- Operated by
- Heimatverein Winterbach e.V.
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Admission and the open guided tour on the 2nd Sunday of the month are free.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
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Getting there & parking
By public transit
Winterbach (Remstal)
S-Bahn line S2 to Winterbach.
By car
No on-site parking at the museum.
Multi-storey car park near the station and car park in the Oberdorf.
By car via the B 29, exit Winterbach, towards the town centre.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
- Café
On open Sundays, coffee and cake in the former stable or, in good weather, in the farm garden; for groups, coffee and cake or a light supper after the tour on request.
Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| Good to know | Open guided tour on the 2nd Sunday of the month at 2:30 p.m. Groups of 10 or more are asked to register (phone 07181 253074 or museum@heimatverein-winterbach.de); guided visits for groups are also possible outside the open Sundays. |
