Museum im Alten Rathaus Mönchberg

About the museum

The museum occupies the former town hall of Mönchberg from 1607, a half-timbered building with a sandstone base, a half-hipped roof and a small slate-clad turret. Across about 200 square meters, seven rooms are spread over the second floor, the attic and the cellar.

The central theme is "Mensch und Obrigkeit in einer fränkischen Landgemeinde", telling of everyday life in a village of the Electorate of Mainz. The rooms cover, among other things, Mönchberg as a market town and Centene (court district), market and measures, the legend of the Liesbethchen and the witch persecutions, the interplay of spiritual and secular power in the Electorate of Mainz, and the village's transfer to Bavaria. In the attic, the pottery craft, which was important for the village, and the pilgrimage take center stage. A small prison in the cellar can be viewed through a glass pane from the Hauptstraße.

Highlights

• Half-timbered town hall from 1607
• Everyday life in a village of the Electorate of Mainz
• Pottery craft and pilgrimage in the attic
• Legend of the Liesbethchen and witch persecution
• Prison room, visible from the Hauptstraße

Permanent exhibition

• Mensch und Obrigkeit in einer fränkischen Landgemeinde – Seven rooms on the market town and its rulers, the legend and witch persecution, guilds and pilgrimage, and the transfer to Bavaria.

Operated by

Markt Mönchberg

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The museum is located in the Alte Rathaus at Hauptstraße 42 in Mönchberg.

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