Drechsler- und Metalldrückermuseum

Volunteer-run museum in the old water house of Wendelstein, on the crafts of knife makers, turners, and metal spinners.

Opening hours

About the museum

The museum commemorates the crafts that shaped Wendelstein until the 1960s. Knife makers (Messerer) were already based here in the 14th century; from their circle, blade smiths, scabbard makers, grinders, and turners developed. Turners are mentioned in occupational lists from about 1600 and gained their own importance in the 18th century; metal spinning came later. Most residents used to find work in these trades.

The Heimatverein Unteres Schwarzachtal (local heritage association of the Lower Schwarzach Valley) founded the museum in 2000 and runs it on a volunteer basis. Its aim is to show and preserve the products, tools, and machines of trades that are now almost extinct. It is housed in the old water house, built in the 1930s as Wendelstein's first municipal water house for the town's water supply, located in the Schwarzach valley not far from Schwabacher Straße.

Highlights

Crafts of knife makers, turners, and metal spinners
Historical tools and machines, including a treadle-operated lathe
Housed in the municipality's old water house
Volunteer-run by the local heritage association

Permanent exhibition

Messerer, Drechsler und Metalldrücker – Products, tools, and machines of the Wendelstein crafts that shaped the town from the Middle Ages to the 1960s.

Founded: 2000
Operated by: Heimatverein Unteres Schwarzachtal e. V.