Trachtenausstellung im Trachtenhaus Jatzwauk

About the museum

The house in the Hoyerswerda old town is linked to the Jatzwauk family: in 1926 the Sorbian master tailor Johann Jatzwauk became self-employed and ran a workshop for Sorbian folk costumes with a shop. Today the business is run in the fourth generation; the focus is now on costume care, restoration and advice, along with the sale of typical fabrics, braids and ribbons.

Since 1992 a permanent costume exhibition has been on the upper floor, set up by the then Hoyerswerda district and taken over after the district reform by the association for the cultivation of regional culture in the middle Lusatia (Verein zur Pflege der Regionalkultur der mittleren Lausitz). The association is based in the house. The display is built on the extensive holdings from the estate of Anna Jatzwauk, with original festive, churchgoing and everyday costumes of the Protestant Sorbs around Hoyerswerda.

On the first floor, the indigo block-printing cabinet opened in 2006. In the mid-1990s the association had taken over the collection of the Hoyerswerda Blaudruck workshop Nötzold, rescuing it from dispersal. Shown are the making and processing of indigo block printing, over 200 historical and new printing blocks, and large sample cloths. In the neighboring house since 2018 is the costume room "komorka" with a loan collection and a display on the Sorbian wedding.

Highlights

• Costume treasury with original costumes of the Protestant Sorbs around Hoyerswerda on the upper floor
• Indigo block-printing cabinet on the first floor with over 200 printing blocks and large sample cloths
• Oldest costume tailoring shop in the region, with workshop in the same house
• Lusatian shop and museum shop with costume fabrics, braids and Sorbian handicrafts
• Costume room "komorka" in the neighboring house with a display on the Sorbian wedding

Permanent exhibitions

• Trachtenschatzkammer – Original dance, festive, churchgoing and everyday costumes of the Protestant Sorbs around Hoyerswerda, mostly from the Jatzwauk family's holdings.
• Blaudruckkabinett – The exhibition explains the path from flax to linen, indigo block printing with historical printing blocks, and the use of the fabrics in Sorbian costume.

Founded

1992

Operated by

Verein zur Pflege der Regionalkultur der mittleren Lausitz e. V.

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Kids & families

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Getting there & parking

The house is in the Hoyerswerda old town at Senftenberger Straße 19.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop

Museum shop and Lusatian shop with costume fabrics, braids, Sorbian literature and handicrafts (including Sorbian Easter eggs).

Events & venue rental

• Spaces for rent
• Private parties

The vaulted room in the neighboring house ("Nebenan") can be rented for meetings, readings, courses and private events.

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