Heimatmuseum Philippsburg

About the museum

The Heimatverein Philippsburg (local heritage society) was founded on May 29, 1924. The occasions were the 300th anniversary celebration of the town's renaming in 1923 and the first local heritage day in May 1924. Its tasks include local heritage and monument preservation, lectures, excursions and running the local history museum.

The town's current museum on Kronenwerkstraße, at the corner of Alte Kirchenstraße, was officially opened on November 24, 2013. It is run by the local heritage society on a voluntary basis and is open only on individual dates.

The exhibition covers the history of the town and its fortress, including engravings of the Philippsburg fortress. A separate room recalls the year 1938, when the town celebrated its 600th anniversary and, at the same time, the persecution of the Jewish population took place. In the cellar, gold panning in the Rhine meadows is shown; it was a side occupation until the 1930s. In a workshop, belt-driven machines run, some of which come from a local bicycle workshop. In the courtyard stand, among other things, an edge section of the cooling tower of the Philippsburg nuclear power plant, the keystone of the former “Weißes Tor” (White Gate) and an old Nepomuk statue.

Highlights

• Room on 1938: town anniversary and persecution of Jews in Philippsburg
• Workshop with working belt-driven machines
• Gold panning in the Rhine meadows
• Engravings of Philippsburg fortress
• Edge section of the nuclear power plant's cooling tower, keystone of the “Weißes Tor” and Nepomuk statue

Permanent exhibitions

• Das Jahr 1938 – Documents and pictures on the town's 600th anniversary and on the persecution of Jews in Philippsburg in the same year.
• Werkstatt mit „Riementrieb“ – Belt-driven machines, some still in working order; some come from a former bicycle workshop in the town.
• Goldwaschen in Philippsburg – Pictures and equipment for gold panning in the Altrhein as a side occupation until the 1930s; a historic film can also be shown.

Operated by

Heimatverein Philippsburg e. V.

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The museum is at Kronenwerkstraße 1, at the corner with Alte Kirchenstraße.

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