Kaffeemühlenmuseum Wiernsheim

About the museum

The foundation of the museum is the collection of the Wiernsheim entrepreneur and honorary citizen Rolf Scheuermann, whose company operates beverage and coffee vending machines. His collecting passion began in the 1970s with a grinder from a flea market; over time around 1,000 coffee grinders from all over the world came together, the oldest from 1720. In 2008 he donated the collection to the municipality of Wiernsheim.

In the same year the municipality acquired the listed former Protestant rectory on the market square, whose construction is dated by dendrochronology to 1711. With funding from the state and federal governments it was converted and opened in September 2011 as a coffee grinder museum; in the attic the municipality also set up a wedding room.

The exhibition on three floors arranges the grinders by construction types and themes: early hand and travel grinders, table and lap grinders, bridal and wedding grinders, grinders with hunting, war, or religious motifs, curious individual pieces, and large commercial wall grinders. Many pieces show that coffee grinders were decorative showpieces of the applied arts in noble and bourgeois households. The museum includes a café, an herb garden, and a shop; an audio guide has been available since 2022.

Highlights

• Around 1,000 coffee grinders from the Rolf Scheuermann collection
• Oldest grinder in the collection, from 1720
• Bridal and wedding grinders as well as curious individual pieces
• Baroque rectory of 1711 with wedding room
• Museum café with garden and herb garden

Permanent exhibitions

• Kaffeemühlen aus drei Jahrhunderten – Historic coffee grinders on three floors, organized by construction types such as hand, table, and lap grinders and by motifs from hunting to religion.

Founded

2011

Operated by

Gemeinde Wiernsheim

Director

Karin Gillé

Admission & discounts

Tickets are available in the museum shop. The museum café is part of the museum and is accessible only with a valid admission ticket.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

An elevator serves all three floors; there is an accessible restroom in the building.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

Getting there & parking

By car via the A8 Stuttgart–Karlsruhe, exits Pforzheim-Süd/Wurmberg (5 km) or Heimsheim (7 km). The museum is on the market square in the town center.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant: not available
• Museum shop

Museum café with coffee specialties and cake, open during museum hours, plus a garden with herb garden. The shop offers books on the collection, coffee from a regional roastery, and souvenirs. Pets are not allowed in the museum.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Weddings / ceremonies

In the attic there is a wedding room of the Wiernsheim registry office (inquiries via the registry office). The museum café can be used for family, birthday, or memorial celebrations.

Plan your visit