Heimatmuseum der Stadt Aßlar im Schloß zu Werdorf

About the museum

The palace in Werdorf was built at the end of the 17th century by Countess Ernestine Sophie von Solms-Greifenstein as a widow's and summer residence. After a varied history, it was renovated in the early 1990s and, together with its outbuildings, has since served as the museum of the town of Aßlar.

The museum goes back to the Verein für Heimatgeschichte Werdorf, founded in 1980. In 1982 the association took over three rooms in the palace and opened them to visitors on August 22, 1982. In the following years further rooms and the Remise (carriage house) with agricultural equipment were added. In 1989 the building was emptied for a thorough renovation; in December 1992 the town of Aßlar handed the renovated museum over to the association, which has been opening it regularly on two Sundays a month since October 1993.

The display shows rural life with a bedroom, kitchen, storeroom and laundry room, opposite which stands the Fürstenzimmer (princes' room), furnished with Biedermeier furniture. There are also workshops of a blacksmith, carpenter, rope maker, printer, shoemaker and tailor, a hairdresser's shop, a Tante-Emma-Laden, a classroom, toys, radio and television sets from before 1950, a railway exhibition and fire engines.

Highlights

• Baroque palace from the late 17th century
• Tante-Emma-Laden and craftsmen's workshops
• Rural living quarters and the Biedermeier Fürstenzimmer
• Railway exhibition with pieces from the former Werdorf station
• Palace cellar for celebrations and events

Permanent exhibitions

• Bäuerliche Lebenswelt und Fürstenzimmer – Re-created bedroom, kitchen, storeroom and laundry room, plus the Fürstenzimmer furnished with Biedermeier furniture.
• Handwerk, Tante-Emma-Laden und Schulzimmer – Workshops of a blacksmith, carpenter, rope maker, printer, shoemaker and tailor, a hairdresser's shop, a colonial goods store around 1900 and a classroom of the former elementary school.
• Eisenbahn, Funk und Fernsehen – Original pieces from the former Werdorf station in the outbuilding, as well as radio and television sets from the period before 1950.

Founded

1982

Operated by

Verein für Heimatgeschichte 1980 Werdorf e. V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop with Werdorf gift items, plus a browsing room (Stöberstube) in the Remise.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Weddings / ceremonies

The palace cellar (vaulted cellar) can be rented for birthday, engagement and wedding celebrations, lectures and meetings; inquiries by phone at 06443 8339323. Weddings in the palace are arranged through the Aßlar registry office.