Heimatkundliche Sammlung Heideck
Local history museum on the first floor of Heideck's town hall, with everyday history, a schoolroom and town history; currently closed.
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About the museum
The Heimatkundliche Sammlung Heideck (local history collection) opened in 1986 on the first floor of the town hall on Marktplatz. It aims to bring back memories of the past and to get visitors talking with one another about local history. Over the years, parts of the collection have repeatedly been exchanged and reassembled.
Across eight rooms the museum shows tools, products and relics from everyday life in bygone times, explained through information boards, photo reproductions and labels. Main themes are town history, cooking, school, living and clothing. A small schoolroom is the greatest attraction for children; in the museum kitchen visitors learn what a Kochkiste (cooking box) and a Sparherd (economy stove) are, and painted chests, cupboards and a canopy bed from a Heideck district show the former sleeping chamber.
Clothing is also covered: in the past, it revealed which territory a person belonged to, bright and Catholic in the former Pfalz-Neuburg area around Heideck, darker and Protestant in the neighboring Brandenburg-Ansbach territory. The permanent exhibition "Stadtgeschichte(n) aus dem Boden" presents surface finds and excavation results from the town area in recent years.
Highlights
- Small schoolroom, a highlight for children
- Museum kitchen with Kochkiste and Sparherd
- Painted chests, cupboards and a canopy bed
- Catholic and Protestant regional dress compared
- Permanent exhibition "Stadtgeschichte(n) aus dem Boden" with archaeological finds
Permanent exhibition
- Stadtgeschichte(n) aus dem Boden – Shows surface finds and results of archaeological excavations from the town area in recent years and what they reveal about the history of Heideck.
- Founded
- 1986
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Accessibility
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Kids & families
The small schoolroom is the main attraction of the museum for children.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
The nearest train station is Hilpoltstein; a bus runs from there to Heideck. Timetables via the Verkehrsverbund Großraum Nürnberg (VGN).
The museum is in the town hall, Marktplatz 24. By car, take the A 9 and exit at Allersberg or Hilpoltstein, then drive about 15 km along the Staatsstraße (state road) toward Weißenburg. Heideck lies about 40 km south of Nuremberg.
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