Pfälzisches Steinhauermuseum
Half-timbered house on Alsenz's market square with a workshop, tools, and sandstones on the history of stonecutting in the Alsenz Valley.
Over het museum
Master stonecutters are documented in Alsenz as early as the middle of the 18th century. With the Alsenz Valley Railway of 1870/71, the sandstone industry experienced a strong upswing: around 1900 there were about ten stonecutting businesses and several quarries in the village, and a total of about 1,500 people made their living from working stone. Alsenz sandstone was used for villas and public buildings far beyond the region. A long strike in 1906, new building materials such as cement and concrete, and the First World War ended this heyday.
Since 1995 the Pfälzisches Steinhauermuseum (Palatinate Stonecutters Museum) has commemorated the craft. It is run by the Historischer Verein der Nordpfalz Alsenz (Historical Society of the Northern Palatinate, Alsenz) and is housed in a listed half-timbered house on the market square that dates from the 16th/17th century; the open roof truss shows the carpentry of that era.
On the first floor are a furnished stonecutter's workshop with tools, lifting equipment, a grindstone, and a small forge, as well as a lapidarium with worked sandstones from Roman times to the present. These include Christmas tree stands that stonecutters made during the winter months when they had no work. The second floor tells of the hard living conditions of the workers and their families and of the quarries in the surrounding area, and shows a reconstructed drafting office from around 1900. A circular trail to buildings from the era of Alsenz stonecutting begins at the museum.
Hoogtepunten
- Historic stonecutter's workshop with a forge and a rotating grindstone
- Collection of Christmas tree stands made of local sandstone
- Reconstructed planning and drafting office from around 1900
- Work sandstone yourself and look at rock under the microscope
- Starting point of the roughly 2.5 km Stonecutters' Circular Trail
Vaste collectie
- Steinhauerwerkstatt – Tools, stonecutters' chests, measuring and lifting equipment, and a small forge illustrate the working techniques; visitors can pick up tools themselves on workpieces.
- Lapidarium – Artfully worked sandstones from Roman times to the present, including the special collection of Christmas tree stands made of Alsenz sandstone.
- Leben und Arbeit der Steinhauer – The second floor deals with working conditions, quarries in the surrounding area, and tool collections; a planning office shows design work around 1900.
- Opgericht
- 1995
- Beheerder
- Historischer Verein der Nordpfalz Alsenz e.V.
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
De toegang is gratis.
Free admission, donations welcome.
Toegankelijkheid
- Rolstoeltoegankelijk: niet aanwezig
- 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 museum is not accessible.
Kinderen & gezin
- Doe- en voelstations
Visitors can work a piece of sandstone with tools themselves and look at rock structures under the microscope; the collection also includes a sandstone building set for children.
Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met het openbaar vervoer
Hotel Post · 330 m
Bus to the stop Hotel Post (approx. 330 m); Alsenz train station (approx. 800 m)
The museum is on the market square in the center of Alsenz and is the starting point of the Stonecutters' Circular Trail.
Route plannenService & horeca
- Museumwinkel
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
Het museum heeft hierover geen informatie gepubliceerd – vraag het rechtstreeks na bij het museum.
Je bezoek plannen
| Rondleidingen | ja |
|---|---|
| Aanbod voor scholen | ja |
| Goed om te weten | Visits and special tours by arrangement are also possible outside opening hours; programs for secondary schools. |
