Zejler-Smoler-Haus in Lohsa
Meeting place and museum in the former school building of Lohsa, with exhibitions on the Sorbian personalities Zejler and Smoler.
Have only individual sections read aloud
About the museum
The house on the market square was formerly Lohsa's school, where Jan Arnošt Smoler spent his youth. On January 18, 1994, the support association "Begegnungsstätte Zejler-Smoler-Haus Lohsa e.V." was founded with the aim of creating a place for German and Sorbian culture here. The municipality renovated the building with support from the district of Bautzen and EU funds, and handed it over to the association for use in July 1999.
On the upper floor there are four exhibition rooms for permanent and special exhibitions. The permanent exhibitions honor the pastor and poet Handrij Zejler, who worked in Lohsa from 1835 to 1872, and the publisher and folklorist Jan Arnošt Smoler. Further rooms are devoted to important personalities of the village and to local history, for example the villages that vanished because of lignite mining.
On the ground floor there is a club room for lectures, readings, and concerts, as well as the municipal library.
Highlights
- Permanent exhibition on Handrij Zejler and Jan Arnošt Smoler
- Important personalities from Lohsa
- Local history, including vanished villages and mining
- Educational trail through Zejler's life stations in the village
Permanent exhibitions
- Handrij Zejler und Jan Arnošt Smoler – The permanent exhibition honors the life and work of the pastor and poet Handrij Zejler and of the publisher and folklorist Jan Arnošt Smoler.
- Bedeutende Lohsaer Persönlichkeiten – Displays on a pastor, a poet, a composer, a physician, and a sportswoman who worked in Lohsa or came from there.
- Heimatgeschichte Lohsa – Topics include the 1794 peasant uprising, villages lost to open-cast mining, castles and manor farms, and 100 years of lignite mining.
- Operated by
- Förderverein Begegnungsstätte Zejler-Smoler-Haus Lohsa e.V.
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Events & venue rental
- Spaces for rent
Up to 50 guests.
The club room on the ground floor (about 50 seats) is also open to other clubs and groups.
Plan your visit
| Good to know | The municipal library is on the ground floor. Group visits and visits outside opening hours by arrangement. |
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