Heimatstube Könnern

Heimatstube (local history room) of the Heimatverein in Könnern with a school room, local history, Saale valley geology, historic toys and changing exhibitions.

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About the museum

The Heimatverein "St. Wenzel" Könnern a. d. Saale was founded on November 19, 1991. Several attempts to set up a local history museum, for example in a storehouse and in the old hospital, failed for lack of money and unresolved questions of ownership. In April 1996 the town gave the association vacant shop premises on Magdeburger Straße; after renovation, the Heimatstube opened on October 6, 1996.

The exhibition grew over the years, and larger rooms were added in 2004. It shows a school room from the 1950s, models and pictures of local history, the geology and plant life of the Saale valley together with a contour-line relief model from around 1940, and memories of the Könnern–Rothenburg Kleinbahn (light railway). There are also historic toys from around 1900, "Ur-Omas Küche" (great-grandmother's kitchen), pieces on the region's former wine-growing and a large room on local trades. Changing special displays are shown on one table area.

For a long time Friedrich Sander led the Heimatstube. After his death in 2007 his son Peter Sander took over, who is also chairman of the association.

Highlights

School room of the 1950s with inkwell school desks
Contour-line relief model of the Saale valley (around 1940)
Model of the Könnern-Nord Kleinbahn station
Historic toys and "Ur-Omas Küche"
Local history, wine-growing and trades

Permanent exhibition

Heimatstube Könnern – School room, local history, Saale valley, Kleinbahn, toys, kitchen, wine-growing and trades across several exhibition areas.

Founded: 1996
Operated by: Heimatverein „St. Wenzel“ Könnern a. d. Saale e. V.