Heimatmuseum Stadt Teltow Ältestes Haus

About the museum

The local history museum is in the so-called Oldest House (Ältestes Haus) of Teltow at Hoher Steinweg 13. After the devastating town fire of 1711, the barber-surgeon Johann Christoph Bürger had the house rebuilt, as an inscription above the door records; the half-timbered construction on the upper floor is considered the oldest surviving building fabric in the town. Around 1800 a stone extension was added. Later craftsmen used the house, for example with a nail forge and a smithy, and from 1926 to 1965 there was a tobacco shop here.

The Heimatverein Stadt Teltow 1990 e.V. restored the listed house in the 1990s and opened the museum there in 1994. On around 100 square meters, the exhibition shows the town's history from first settlement to 1945: from Bronze Age finds through the town rights of 1265 and the Teltow turnips (Teltower Rübchen) to industrialization. It includes a kitchen and a living room in the Gründerzeit style, as well as historic tools of various crafts. An extension to the present day is planned.

The museum has a second location: the exhibition Historische Waschtechnik (historic laundry technology) at Ritterstraße 14 shows the development of laundry care from the washtub to the washing machine.

Highlights

• Oldest house in Teltow, built after the 1711 town fire
• Town history from first settlement to 1945
• Gründerzeit kitchen and living room
• Historic craft tools
• Second location: historic laundry technology exhibition

Permanent exhibitions

• Heimatmuseum im Ältesten Haus – Teltow town history from first settlement to 1945, plus a Gründerzeit kitchen, living room and historic craft tools.
• Historische Waschtechnik – Devices and laundry items show the “great wash” of the past, from the washtub, hand wringer and box mangle to the first washing machine; much of it can be demonstrated or tried out.

Founded

1994

Operated by

Heimatverein Stadt Teltow 1990 e.V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Admission is free; donations to support the museum's work are welcome.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Hands-on stations

In the exhibition on historic laundry technology, many devices can be demonstrated or tried out by visitors themselves.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the Teltow old town on Hoher Steinweg.

Amenities & dining

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