Heimatmuseum Reilingen
Museum of rural crafts, trades and domestic life in the former inn "Zum Löwen", with finds relating to the early human of Reilingen.
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About the museum
The Heimatmuseum Reilingen opened in 1986 for the municipality's 700th anniversary celebrations. It uses the second floor and storerooms of the former inn "Zum Löwen" on Hauptstraße. It is run by the association Freunde Reilinger Geschichte (Friends of Reilingen History), which set up the museum and continues to run it.
As early as 1990, the working group "Heimatpflege Nordbaden" awarded the municipality a promotion prize in the competition "Vorbildliches Heimatmuseum" (model local history museum).
The exhibition focuses on rural crafts, trades and domestic life. The local history section presents evidence from prehistory and early history, including the roughly 250,000-year-old skull of "Homo erectus Reilingensis", as well as documents on the village and Burg Wersau (Wersau Castle). On the second floor there is a historically furnished apartment with parlor, bedroom, kitchen and pantry, as well as an old general store. In the attic are tools of craft and trade from the early days of industrialization. Agricultural exhibits are in the carriage house (Remise) and an outbuilding in the courtyard; an old schoolroom recalls earlier lessons.
Highlights
- Finds relating to "Homo erectus Reilingensis" (roughly 250,000-year-old skull)
- Historically furnished apartment with an old schoolroom and general store
- Rural crafts and trades in the attic
- Agricultural equipment in the carriage house and courtyard
- Documents on village history and Burg Wersau
Permanent exhibitions
- Ländliches Handwerk, Gewerbe und Wohnen – Apartment with historical furnishings, general store and schoolroom, plus tools of craft and trade from the early days of industrialization.
- Ortsgeschichte und Urmensch von Reilingen – Prehistoric and early historical finds, including the skull of "Homo erectus Reilingensis", and documents on the village and Burg Wersau.
- Founded
- 1986
- Operated by
- Freunde Reilinger Geschichte e. V.
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| School programs | yes |
| Good to know | Group and class tours by arrangement, including outside opening hours. |
