Müllner Peter Museum

About the museum

The museum commemorates Peter Huber, known as the "Müllner Peter" (Miller Peter), who grew up in Sachrang in the Priental valley as the son of the miller of Aschach. He received an unusually good education for a rural resident, probably in Weyarn, and then returned to his village. He lived in a period of transition between late Baroque and the Enlightenment, and as an educated subject he mediated between the rural population, the Counts of Preysing and the insurgent Tyroleans.

The Müllner Peter worked as a miller and farmer, as a healer with his own recipe books, as a musician and as village head. After the death of his wife, he rebuilt the derelict Ölbergkapelle (Mount of Olives chapel) with neighbors and revived the pilgrimage. Later he became a character in a novel and, through a film adaptation, a "Filmstar" (film star).

The museum association was founded in 2001, and in 2002 the museum opened in the old schoolhouse. The tour follows the different areas of the Müllner Peter's life; these include his preserved writing book, a medicinal herb garden and the connection to the Ölberg chapel. The museum was renovated in 2016, and each year there is a changing themed exhibition.

Highlights

• Tour through the Müllner Peter's life: miller, healer, musician, village head
• The Müllner Peter's writing book
• Medicinal herb garden
• Ölberg chapel with guided tours
• Museum in the former schoolhouse of Sachrang

Permanent exhibition

• Der Müllner Peter von Sachrang – The tour shows the many roles of the Müllner Peter as miller, farmer, healer, musician and village head, plus his writing book and background on the novel and the film.

Founded

2002

Operated by

Museumsverein Müllner-Peter von Sachrang e. V.

Admission & discounts

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Children and young people accompanied by adults enter free; for children's groups there are special rates for tours.

Getting there & parking

The museum is in the former schoolhouse of Sachrang, Müllner-Peter-Weg 3.

Amenities & dining

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