Löhe-Zeit-Museum

About the museum

The Löhe-Zeit-Museum goes back to the Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Neuendettelsau und Umgebung (local history society of Neuendettelsau and surroundings), which has collected objects on Wilhelm Löhe and his era since its founding in 1991. Löhe, founder of the Neuendettelsau Diakonie, still shapes the town today.

The museum sees itself as a social history museum and shows the life of ordinary people around 1850, including its less glamorous sides such as poverty and pauperism. On display are craftsmen's tools, a Löhe room with original furniture of the pastor, a farmhouse bedroom from 1855/1860 and, in contrast, the sleeping quarters of a farmhand.

A second focus is emigration to America. Löhe supported it and put together groups, each led by a pastor, so that between 1845 and 1851 four Franconian settlements arose in the USA: Frankenmuth, Frankentrost, Frankenlust and Frankenhilf. According to the museum, it is the only museum in Bavaria on this subject. A separate area shows changing special exhibitions; around 2,000 visitors come each year.

Highlights

• Löhe room with original furniture
• Franconian emigration to America
• Farmhouse and farmhand sleeping quarters around 1850
• Craftsmen's tools
• Free Wi-Fi throughout the house

Permanent exhibition

• Dauerausstellung zu Wilhelm Löhe, Alltag um 1850 und Amerika-Auswanderung – Thematic rooms on Löhe's work, rural everyday life around 1850 and the Franconian emigration to North America.

Operated by

Heimat- und Geschichtsverein Neuendettelsau und Umgebung e. V.

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• Wi-Fi

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