Gelebtes Museum Mähring
Museum in Mähring's old school and town hall about life on the German-Czech border, expulsion and the vanished village of Lohhäuser.
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About the museum
Mähring, in the Upper Palatinate district of Tirschenreuth, lies only a few kilometres from the Czech border. For centuries trade and cross-border traffic with the neighbouring Bohemian villages shaped the town; after the Second World War, the expulsion of the German population from the area around Plan and Weseritz and the Iron Curtain brought this exchange to an abrupt end.
The Gelebtes Museum (Living Museum) opened in 2015 in the centrally located former school and town hall. Its permanent exhibition describes how political decisions changed life at the border: from flight and expulsion through the decades at the death strip to the first trial border-opening day in spring 1990, when tens of thousands of people came from both sides, and the friendships with the Czech Republic that have grown since. Lohhäuser stands as an example of the many vanished villages along the border; its residents had to leave and it was demolished afterwards, and finds from the village are on display in the museum.
Changing exhibitions, for example on the opening of the border or the end of the war in the border region, complement the offering. The museum is run by a volunteer museum director, belongs to the "das zwoelfer" museum network of the district of Tirschenreuth and received the Monument Prize of the Upper Palatinate district in 2018. Admission is free.
Highlights
- History of the vanished border village of Lohhäuser, with finds
- Life at the Iron Curtain and the border opening in 1990
- Expulsion of Germans from the Plan and Weseritz region
- Historic school and town hall in the town centre
Permanent exhibition
- Leben an der Grenze – Permanent exhibition on expulsion, the Iron Curtain and the border opening around Mähring, with the vanished village of Lohhäuser as an example.
- Founded
- 2015
- Operated by
- Markt Mähring
- Director
- Roland Weis
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission, donations welcome.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Guided tours by arrangement. Virtual 360° tour available online. |
