Sorbische Heimatstube Rohne

About the museum

The Sorbische Heimatstube (Serbska Spa) in Rohne has existed since 1972 and shows how a Sorbian farming family in the Schleife region once lived. When its old building had to make way for new plans about 200 meters away, a new home was sought. It was found on the Njepila farm, whose listed property at Dorfstraße 61 the Förderverein Njepila-Hof e. V. (friends' association), founded on May 17, 1999, wanted to preserve.

The farm dates back to 1806, when the smallholder Hanzo Njepila built it; he later became known as the first folk writer of Rohne. After the last residents died in 1985, the farm stood empty until the association took it over in 1999. By 2006 the main house, the only surviving Schrotholzhaus (solid-timber house) in Rohne, and the barn had been painstakingly reconstructed. In 2002 the historic Heimatstube was fitted out from an older building. Later a side building with toilets and a bakehouse modeled on historical examples were added; in 2020 a language trail was created at the agricultural exhibit.

Today the museum farm combines the Heimatstube with exhibition rooms on flax processing, weaving and agriculture, and maintains Sorbian customs with festivals such as the Schlachtefest (pig-slaughter feast), Easter egg painting, the farm festival and the fair (Kirmes).

Highlights

• Sorbian Heimatstube (Serbska Spa) with a tiled stove
• Over 200-year-old solid-timber house
• Exhibition rooms on flax processing and weaving
• Historic agricultural equipment with a language trail
• Customs festivals such as the farm festival and the Schlachtefest (pig-slaughter feast)
• Virtual 3D farm tour online

Permanent exhibitions

• Sorbische Heimatstube (Serbska Spa) – Living room of a Sorbian heath-farmer family with a tiled stove, household items and costumes from the past century.
• Flachsverarbeitung und Weben – Museum rooms on the upper floor of the main house with historic equipment for flax processing and weaving.
• Agrarausstellung mit Sprachlernpfad – Historic tools from agriculture and forestry, supplemented by a Sorbian language trail.

Founded

1972

Operated by

Njepila-Hof e. V.

Admission & discounts

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Accessibility

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Kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Hands-on activities on the farm include Easter egg decorating for children, parents and grandparents, and the farm festival in September.

Getting there & parking

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Amenities & dining

Refreshments at tours and festivals on request (farmhouse cake, coffee, farmhouse bread slices, drinks); toilet facilities in the side building.

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties
• Corporate events
• Weddings / ceremonies

Up to 50 guests.

Association room for up to 50 seated guests, heritage room for up to 15 seated guests, and barn for weddings (ceremony on site possible), family celebrations, class reunions and conferences; prices and catering by arrangement.

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