Museum für Stadtgeschichte Templin

Current exhibitions

About the museum

The Prenzlauer Tor was built around 1300 together with the city wall and was enlarged in the 15th century with an outer gate and a Zwinger (fortified courtyard). Around 1600 the Waldemarsgang added an extra passage, so that traffic could also be regulated on the town side. When the road layout changed in 1866, the gate lost its function and was used as the city's fire engine house.

Since 1957 the gate has housed the city museum. After the renovation in 2010, the space between the gate and the outer gate became a spacious exhibition hall, and the cloister walk was reopened. The newly designed display opened in June 2021.

The permanent exhibition "Die Stadt, das Land und ein Tor dazwischen" is organized into three themes: town life, the landscape with forests and lakes around Templin, and tourism. In the Waldemarsgang, people, institutions and places that shaped the town over 750 years are presented. Selected objects are also available online via museum-digital.

Highlights

• Museum in the historic Prenzlauer Tor with outer gate and Zwinger
• Around 750 years of Templin town history in the Waldemarsgang
• Themes: town life, landscape and tourism
• Guided tours and museum education programs for kindergartens and schools

Permanent exhibition

• Die Stadt, das Land und ein Tor dazwischen – The permanent exhibition shows objects on town life, the landscape around Templin with forests and lakes, and tourism; the Waldemarsgang tells the town's history.

Founded

1957

Operated by

Stadt Templin

Admission & discounts

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Baby changing facilities

Programs for kindergartens and school classes with child-friendly education; there is a program for children and adults around "Weihnachten im Museum" (Christmas at the Museum). A baby changing room is available.

Getting there & parking

By car via the B 96, B 109 and L 100, or via the A 11 (exit Joachimsthal or Pfingstberg), A 24 (exit Neuruppin) and A 20 (exit Prenzlau).

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