Museen im Rathaus Plößberg
Three museums in the Plößberg town hall on glass furnace construction, glass products, and house nativity scenes; visits by phone appointment, free admission.
Over het museum
The museums in the town hall of the market town of Plößberg were founded in 1975. They are devoted to two closely connected traditions of the town: the construction of glass melting furnaces and the carving of Christmas nativity scenes. As early as 1719, a Plößberg master mason is documented repairing a melting furnace in a nearby glassworks. Later, masons and stonecutters from Plößberg moved to the glassworks of the surrounding area and Bohemia and eventually all over the world, where furnaces made in Plößberg are still working today.
On their journeys through Bohemia, Thuringia, and Tyrol in the 18th and 19th centuries, the furnace builders got to know the art of nativity scenes and began to carve figures themselves during the winter months. Since about the middle of the 19th century, house nativity scenes have been set up in Plößberg, a custom that is passed down through generations in many families.
The exhibition is divided into three sections: the Glasschmelzofenmuseum (glass melting furnace museum) explains with tools and models the work of the furnace builders from the past to today, the Glasexponatemuseum (glass exhibits museum) shows almost 1000 products from glassworks in which people from Plößberg worked, and the Krippenmuseum (nativity scene museum) presents ten Plößberg house nativity scenes from three centuries. The house belongs to the museum network "das zwoelfer" in the district of Tirschenreuth.
Hoogtepunten
- Ten Plößberg house nativity scenes from three centuries in large oak display cases
- Mechanical nativity scene from the former Sudetenland with a movement over a hundred years old
- Almost 1000 glass products from glassworks around the world
- Tools and models for building glass melting furnaces
- Carvers' room
Vaste collectie
- Glasschmelzofenmuseum – Tools and furnace models show how the craft of the Plößberg glass furnace builders has developed since the 18th century into a worldwide industry.
- Glasexponatemuseum – Thematically arranged display cases with almost 1000 glass products, from window glass to decorative bowls, from glassworks whose furnaces were built by people from Plößberg.
- Krippenmuseum „Faszination Hauskrippe“ – Ten typical Plößberg house nativity scenes with a nativity mountain and natural materials from three centuries, plus a mechanical nativity scene and a carvers' room.
- Opgericht
- 1975
- Beheerder
- Markt Plößberg
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
Free admission.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
- Lift: geen informatie
- Aangepast toilet
- 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
Accessible entrance and accessible restroom.
Kinderen & gezin
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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
The museums are located in the town hall of the market town of Plößberg, Jahnstraße 1.
Route plannenService & horeca
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Evenementen & zaalverhuur
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Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
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| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | Tours as well as programs for school classes and adult groups by arrangement. A virtual 360° tour of the museums is available online. |
