Museum der Stadt Butzbach

Over het museum

The museum's beginnings date back to 1894/95, when a museum of antiquities and traditional costumes was established in Butzbach. From 1907 to 1991 the collection was housed in a Gothic chapel. In the early 1990s the late medieval Solms-Braunfels Amtshaus (administrative building) on Färbgasse was restored and extended with a modern annex; since its completion in 1994, the museum there has presented the town's history on more than 1,000 square meters.

The exhibition is divided into several departments: the Roman period with finds from the Limes fort and a model of the fort, Butzbach as the residence of Landgrave Philipp III of Hesse-Butzbach, crafts and guilds, and industrialization. The last of seven departments, folk culture, was added in 2007 for the Hessentag (Hesse Day festival); it shows village life before industrialization and the traditional costumes of the Wetterau and Hüttenberg regions.

One focus is on the Butzbach teacher, theologian and gymnast Friedrich Ludwig Weidig, who in 1834, together with Georg Büchner, launched the pamphlet "Der Hessische Landbote". Since December 2025 the museum has devoted the new permanent exhibition "Auf den Spuren Weidigs" ("In Weidig's Footsteps") to him. Also on display is a letter from Büchner to Weidig's student Wilhelm Braubach, discovered in a Butzbach attic in 1993. Known beyond the region is the collection of miniature shoes assembled by Richard and Emilie Fenchel, listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest of its kind. Changing special exhibitions and lectures round out the program.

Hoogtepunten

• World's largest collection of miniature shoes (Guinness record)
• Letter by Georg Büchner from the 1993 Butzbach attic find
• Permanent exhibition "Auf den Spuren Weidigs"
• Model of the Roman fort and replica of a legionary in full equipment
• Traditional costumes from the Wetterau and Hüttenberg

Vaste collectie

• Auf den Spuren Weidigs – New permanent exhibition on the life and work of the Butzbach teacher and democrat Friedrich Ludwig Weidig, Georg Büchner's fellow campaigner on "Der Hessische Landbote".
• Schuhminiaturen der Sammlung Fenchel – The collection of tiny shoe models assembled by Richard and Emilie Fenchel is considered the largest of its kind according to the Guinness Book of Records.
• Römerzeit und Volkskunde – Finds and a model of the Butzbach Limes fort, plus the folk culture department with rural daily life and traditional costumes from the Wetterau and Hüttenberg.

Opgericht

1894

Beheerder

Stadt Butzbach

Directie

Elisabeth Harder

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Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops

The fort model and the replica Roman soldier especially appeal to children. Since September 2026 there has been the workshop series "Lebendige Geschichte(n)" ("Living History/Stories") for children aged 6 to 10, with stories, museum exploration and crafts (materials €2, registration by email).

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