Freilandmuseum Kirchenburg Mönchsondheim

Over het museum

The museum's beginnings lie with private collectors who gathered folk-culture objects from the region in the 1970s. In 1975 a sponsoring association was founded for a Franconian farming and crafts museum; soon afterward, the owners of the storage buildings (Gaden) in the Mönchsondheim fortified church transferred their small granaries to the town of Iphofen. The fortified church has served as a museum since 1981.

This has grown into an open-air museum of a special kind: covering around 8,000 square meters, it includes more than 25 historic buildings, all still standing at their original location in the village. They include the fortified church with its parish church and storage buildings, the half-timbered town hall with the village bakery, a former inn with a bowling alley and herb garden, a smallholder's farm, a general store, two school museums and the archaeological excavation site "archäosuntheim". The museum describes itself as the largest in-situ open-air museum in Bavaria.

From 2013 to 2015 the fortified church was renovated and the exhibitions in the storage buildings were redesigned; they cover fortified churches, the Main Franconian village, viticulture and rural crafts. Since 2020 the museum has been run by a special-purpose association made up of the Kitzingen district and the town of Iphofen, while the former sponsoring association continues as a friends' association. In 2025 a newly built, accessible museum education center was added.

Hoogtepunten

• Fortified church with parish church and storage buildings
• More than 25 historic buildings at their original location
• Historic bowling alley from 1909 to try out
• Two school museums and a town hall with village bakery
• Excavation site "archäosuntheim" and herb garden
• Circular hiking trails "Zeit-Wandel-Weg" and the museum trail to Iphofen

Vaste collectie

• Historische Kirchenburgen – The exhibition in the storage buildings explains the origins, function and spread of Franconian fortified churches.
• Die Kirche im Dorf – Feste und Gäste in Mönchsondheim – Using Mönchsondheim as an example, the show demonstrates how church, festivals and social life shaped village life.
• Weinbau in Franken – One exhibition area is devoted to viticulture in the region and its importance for the villagers.

Opgericht

1981

Beheerder

Zweckverband Kirchenburgmuseum Mönchsondheim (Landkreis Kitzingen und Stadt Iphofen)

Directie

Robert Schäfer

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Only cash is accepted at the museum; there is no ATM in Mönchsondheim. Regular admission applies during museum festivals (family festival, autumn and cider-press festival).

Toegankelijkheid

• Deels rolstoeltoegankelijk
• Lift: geen informatie
• Aangepast toilet: geen informatie
• Gehandicaptenparkeerplaats: geen informatie
• Hulphonden welkom: geen informatie
• Tastmodellen / voelbare objecten: geen informatie
• Rondleidingen in gebarentaal: geen informatie
• Informatie in eenvoudige taal: geen informatie
• Audiodescriptie: geen informatie

The grounds with their listed buildings are largely not accessible: steep and worn stairs, uneven floors, low doors and dim lighting. The new museum education center is accessible.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Speurtocht, doeboekje of kinderaudiotour
• Verschoonruimte
• Kinderfeestjes

Family tours for children aged 6–12 and 12–18, puzzle rally and quiz at the ticket desk, old children's games and bowling on the historic bowling alley (rental fee), family festival and autumn and cider-press festival. Children's birthday parties with hands-on programs such as butter making, bread baking or felting. Baby changing table in the museum education center. Children under 14 only when accompanied by adults.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Via the B8 from the direction of Würzburg/Kitzingen or Nuremberg/Neustadt a. d. Aisch; motorway access from the A3 and A7. GPS address: Hauptstraße 1, 97346 Iphofen-Mönchsondheim. On foot or by bike via the signposted museum trail from the Einersheimer Tor or Iphofen train station. The Bocksbeutel-Express stop is about 200 m from the entrance.

Service & horeca

• Café: niet aanwezig
• Restaurant: niet aanwezig

No café; cold drinks, snacks and ice cream are available on site. Seating for a picnic you bring yourself under the linden trees on the village square and in the arbor at the herb garden. The renovated village inn "Goldene Krone" is currently looking for a tenant. The buildings are unheated – sturdy shoes and weatherproof clothing are recommended. Dogs on a leash are allowed.

Evenementen & zaalverhuur

Hands-on programs can also be booked for family celebrations, club outings and company outings; arbor and bowling alley available for a usage fee.

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