Winzermuseum Bachem

About the museum

The Bachemer Backes was built in 1650 as the communal bakehouse of the wine village of Bachem and is one of the oldest buildings in Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler. The ground floor is built of quarry stone, the upper floor partly of half-timbering. For decades the upper floor served as a schoolroom, and during the Wars of Liberation a Cossack guard is said to have been quartered in it in 1814. The building is listed, and the old oven is still fired up for baking bread at festivals today.

In the 1970s a small museum on the village's winegrowing history was set up on the upper floor. It is run by the Bürgergemeinschaft Bachem 1977 e.V. (citizens' association), whose members look after it on a volunteer basis and open it on Sundays during the season.

On display are tools and implements with which winegrowers and farmers on the Ahr used to work – vine knives and sickles, a ladder wagon, a cellar pump and other equipment, some with dialect names. There are also mementos of village history, such as photos of the Bachem wine queens, the uniform of the last village policeman, a memorial piece for those killed in the First World War and a guest book with prominent entries, including one by Willy Brandt from 1986.

Highlights

• Bakehouse from 1650, one of the oldest buildings in the town
• Historic baking oven still used at festivals
• Tools from winegrowing and farming such as vine knives, ladder wagon and cellar pump
• Photos of the Bachem wine queens
• Guest book entry by Willy Brandt (1986)

Permanent exhibitions

• Winzer- und Bauerngeräte im alten Backhaus – Tools and implements from winegrowing and farming on the Ahr as well as mementos of Bachem's local history.

Operated by

Bürgergemeinschaft Bachem 1977 e.V.

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible: not available
• Elevator: no information
• Accessible restroom: no information
• Accessible parking: no information
• Service dogs welcome: no information
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The entrance can only be reached via a staircase with about twelve steps.

Kids & families

The museum hasn’t published any information on this – please ask the museum directly.

Getting there & parking

The museum is located on the upper floor of the bakehouse at the corner of Königstraße/Annastraße in the Bachem district.

Amenities & dining

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Events & venue rental

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