Museum im Vorderen Schloss
Local history museum in the Vordere Schloss with town, church and pilgrimage history, works by Josef Alfons Wirth, and minerals and fossils.
Have only individual sections read aloud
About the museum
The Vordere Schloss in the upper town of Mühlheim was for a long time the seat of the lords of Enzberg, who had been based here since 1409. In 1987 the building came into the town's possession; the town had it restored in keeping with its historic character and then set it up as a museum and cultural venue.
Since 2012 the house has formed the Museum Oberes Donautal together with the Museum im Ifflinger Schloss in Fridingen. The permanent exhibition has four sections: town and lordship history, church history and popular piety, the Marian pilgrimage to the Welschenberg begun in 1649, and the painter Josef Alfons Wirth (1887–1916), who was born in Mühlheim.
On the attic floor the Heimatverein Mühlheim (local heritage association) shows its own exhibitions on local history; since 2017 a collection of minerals and fossils has been on display in the basement.
Highlights
- Town and lordship history of the Enzberg era
- Church history and pilgrimage to the Welschenberg
- Room on the painter Josef Alfons Wirth
- Heimatverein exhibitions on the attic floor
- Mineral and fossil collection in the basement
Permanent exhibitions
- Dauerausstellung Museum im Vorderen Schloss – Four sections on town and lordship history, church history, the Welschenberg pilgrimage and the painter Josef Alfons Wirth.
- Ausstellungen des Heimatvereins im Dachgeschoss – Local history topics, including the history of the Mühlheim clock factory and of medical technology.
- Mineralien und Fossilien – Collection in the basement of the castle, accessible since 2017.
- Founded
- 1991
- Operated by
- Stadt Mühlheim an der Donau
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes |
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| Good to know | Town and museum tours are possible at any time by arrangement; enquiries to the Kulturamt (cultural office) or the Heimatverein Mühlheim (Tel. 0151 25396906, info@heimatverein-muehlheim.de). |
