Heimatstube Stromberg

About the museum

The Alte Vikarie was endowed in 1322 by the castle warden Konrad von Batenhorst. The vicar who lived here was responsible for the pilgrimage church Heilig Kreuz; the post was at times filled alternately by the bishop of Münster and by the pope. From 1583 Jesuits lived in the house; the oldest surviving classroom, on the second floor, dates from this period. Badly damaged during the Thirty Years' War, the building was restored and in 1663 extended with stables and a barn with a large gateway.

In the late 1950s the vicarage post was dissolved, and the house passed to the municipality of Stromberg and, after the 1975 municipal reform, to the town of Oelde. After a fire on the upper floor during the night of July 28, 1995, residents of Stromberg rebuilt the half-timbered house in about a year and a half, with more than 10,000 hours of volunteer work; it was dedicated on August 8, 1998. Since then a sponsoring association has looked after the house.

Today the Alte Vikarie serves as a local heritage house (Heimathaus), meeting place and home of the Heimatverein (local heritage association). The association runs a village archive with books, maps, postcards, photographs and funeral cards, and on the upper floor a small museum on the history of the burgraves of Stromberg.

Highlights

• Alte Vikarie from 1322 as a local heritage house
• Small museum on the history of the burgraves of Stromberg
• Village archive with photos, maps and postcards
• Oldest surviving classroom from the Jesuit period
• Farm garden and historic barn

Permanent exhibitions

• Museum der Stromberger Burggrafen-Geschichte – On the upper floor of the Alte Vikarie, a small museum displays objects on the history of the burgraves of Stromberg.
• Dorfarchiv Stromberg – The archive collects books, magazines, maps, postcards, photographs and funeral cards on the history of Stromberg and the surrounding area.

Operated by

Heimatverein Stromberg e.V.

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Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Weddings / ceremonies

Up to 50 guests.

Weddings in the Alte Tenne (old barn) for up to 50 seated guests (flat fee €100 plus registry office fees), reception in the farm garden. Rooms can be rented for small family celebrations during the day (€30 per hour or €150 until the evening). Inquiries to the sponsoring association Trägerverein Alte Vikarie.

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