Heimatmuseum Auetal

About the museum

At the start of the 800th anniversary celebrations of the municipality of Auetal, the Verein für Heimatpflege Auetal (association for local heritage) showed an exhibition of historical pictures and objects in the Rehren primary school in December 1982. This gave rise to the wish for a permanent exhibition space: the municipality made a classroom of the former Hattendorf school available to the association, and on May 1, 1984 the “Heimatstube Auetal” (local history room) opened there.

Today the local history museum presents its collection in a total of 20 rooms; an intact forge in an outbuilding is also part of it. The focus is on rural life and crafts of earlier times: a farmhouse parlor with kitchen, a spinning room, and workshops of a saddler, shoemaker, wheelwright and tailor convey the everyday life of bygone days. Added to these are a fossil and mineral collection and an extensive photo collection from the 16 districts of the municipality.

A highlight for school classes is the historical schoolroom, furnished as it was in 1920. The museum holds action days, special exhibitions and educational programs; civil wedding ceremonies can also take place in the house.

Highlights

• Historical schoolroom furnished in the style of 1920
• Intact village forge
• Farmhouse parlor, kitchen and spinning room
• Workshops of saddler, shoemaker, wheelwright and tailor
• Fossil and mineral collection
• Photo collection from all 16 districts

Permanent exhibitions

• Historische Schulstube – A classroom furnished as it was in 1920, where school classes can experience a lesson from the past.
• Dorfschmiede – An intact forge in an outbuilding that makes the history of blacksmithing vivid.
• Ländliches Leben und Handwerk – Parlor, kitchen, spinning room and craft workshops, supplemented by fossils, minerals and photographs from all districts.

Founded

1984

Operated by

Verein für Heimatpflege Auetal e.V.

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations

Especially for school classes: lessons as in 1920 in the historical schoolroom; in the forge, blacksmithing tradition can be seen and touched.

Getting there & parking

From the A 2: take the Rehren exit toward Hattendorf/Lauenau; in Hattendorf head toward Langenfeld/Hessisch Oldendorf, and after about 500 meters turn right to the museum. Alternatively, take the Lauenau exit via Pohle and Antendorf.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Weddings / ceremonies

Civil weddings in front of the old village forge, in the parlor or in the schoolroom; appointments via the registry office (Standesamt) of Auetal.

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