Geschichtswerkstatt Zülpich

Volunteer-run museum of the Zülpich History Society in the Landesburg, covering the town's history from prehistory to the present.

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About the museum

The Geschichtswerkstatt is the successor to the former Zülpich local history museum in the old provostry on the Mühlenberg. When its rooms were incorporated into the new Museum of Bathing Culture, the local history museum had to close. Between 2009 and October 2011, the Zülpich History Society moved most of the holdings into newly refurbished rooms in the Landesburg, which also stands on the Mühlenberg; the exhibition opened in October 2011.

The museum is run by the town of Zülpich and the History Society, whose members look after the exhibition on a voluntary basis and revise it again and again. It is organised into prehistory, the first millennium, the Middle Ages and more recent history, complemented by a section on the Church that spans all periods.

Information columns summarise the key facts, and freely accessible drawer cabinets allow visitors to browse documents in more depth. On display are Roman finds, an 18th-century town plan, a middle-class living room of the 19th century, the historic town seals and a section on the Jewish history of Zülpich. Short films and a small library on local history round out the offering.

Highlights

Exhibition in the medieval Landesburg
Local history from prehistory to the present
Drawer cabinets with documents to browse
Historic Zülpich town seals
Section on the Jewish history of Zülpich

Permanent exhibition

Zülpicher Stadtgeschichte – A tour through the history of the Roman town of Zülpich, from prehistory through the Middle Ages and early modern times to the present day. Finds, documents, maps and films are continually added to by the History Society.

Founded: 2011
Operated by: Zülpicher Geschichtsverein e. V. und Stadt Zülpich