Stadtmuseum Pleystein

City museum in a Pflegeamt (regional administrative office) building from 1688, with town history, daily life around 1920 and minerals from the Pleystein-Hagendorf pegmatite.

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About the museum

The house on the market square dates from 1688, when it was built as a Pflegeamt (regional administrative office) with a residence. In the 18th century it changed owners several times and continued to serve as a Pflegeamt. From 1842 it was a convent of the Poor School Sisters and a school building, until 1959.

In 1967 the museum opened, at the same time as a "Haus der Heimat" (house of the homeland). In 2004 the building was converted, extended and reorganized. Since then it has been looked after by the museum working group of the town of Pleystein.

The departments include town history, middle-class life around 1920, and a culture hall. The focus is on mineralogy, with rare phosphate minerals from the pegmatite of Pleystein-Hagendorf. The mineral collection was redesigned in 2013 from the Stiftung Ferdinand Lehners (Ferdinand Lehner Foundation). Since 2012 the house has also been an information point of the Geopark Bayern-Böhmen.

Highlights

Phosphate minerals from the Pleystein-Hagendorf pegmatite
Historic mineral collection of the Ferdinand Lehner Foundation
Town history of Pleystein
Middle-class life around 1920
Information point of the Geopark Bayern-Böhmen

Permanent exhibitions

Mineralogie und Geopark – Rare phosphate minerals from the Pleystein-Hagendorf pegmatite stock, plus the historic Lehner collection and information from the Geopark Bayern-Böhmen.
Stadtgeschichte – Information on the eventful history of Pleystein and of the museum building.
Bürgerliches Leben um 1920 – Furnished rooms let visitors imagine the daily life of Pleysteiners 50 to 100 years ago.

Founded: 1967
Operated by: Stadt Pleystein (Museumsarbeitskreis)