Mineralienmuseum Lauingen

About the museum

The museum is based on the collection of Dr. Anton Lebherz, a grammar school teacher from Lauingen, who gathered around 25,000 minerals and fossils over the course of his life. In 1969 he gave part of it to the town of Lauingen, and in 1972 the municipal exhibition opened in the former slaughterhouse on the Danube.

After the building was sold in 1996, the collection was stored in a bunker for many years. In 2022 it reopened in its current rooms on Brüderstraße. Since then it has been expanded, including through a long-term loan from the Sparkasse Dillingen with particularly fine minerals and loans from the dissolved museum in Gerstetten. The display is arranged in sections on fossils, feldspars, fluorite, calcite, alpine fissure minerals, semi-precious stones and base-metal minerals.

The collection has been run as a volunteer effort by Reinhard Kochendörfer since 1979.

Highlights

• Collection of Dr. Anton Lebherz, originally about 25,000 pieces
• Fossils, feldspars, fluorite and calcite
• Alpine fissure minerals and semi-precious stones
• Base-metal minerals
• Guided tours with the collection manager

Permanent exhibition

• Dauerausstellung Mineralien und Fossilien – Minerals, rocks and fossils in thematic sections, from feldspars and fluorite to alpine fissure minerals.

Founded

1972

Operated by

Stadt Lauingen (Donau)

Director

Reinhard Kochendörfer (Sammlungsleiter)

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

The museum is for young and old explorers; Reinhard Kochendörfer organizes activities in the children's holiday program.

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