Torfschiffswerft-Museum Schlußdorf
Small museum in an 1850 boatyard in the Teufelsmoor, where more than 600 peat barges were built – with an original boat, tools, and a café.
Over het museum
In Schlußdorf, now part of Worpswede, peat barges were built in a small shipyard from 1850 onward. By 1954, more than 600 so-called Halbhunt boats had been launched here. These flat, keelless oak boats held around six cubic meters of peat, about 50 baskets, and carried the fuel from the Teufelsmoor via ditches, canals, and the Hamme River all the way to Bremen. A mast with a tarred sail, leeboards, and long punting poles made them maneuverable on the shallow waterways; in 1875, some 18,000 peat boats were counted passing St. Jürgen on the Hamme.
After the death of the last boatbuilder, Hinrich Grotheer, the Heimatverein Schlußdorf (local history society) acquired the dilapidated half-timbered building. With support from the district of Osterholz, the municipality of Worpswede, and sponsors, it was restored and opened as a museum in 1977.
On display are tools for boatbuilding, peat cutting, and clog making, as well as historic photos of the life of the moor farmers. One peat boat has been preserved in its original condition. The site also includes a flap sluice, a farmhouse bread oven, old beehives, and a draw well. Since 2015, a café in the museum building has provided food and drink; every year on the third Sunday in July, the Heimatverein hosts the Backofenfest (bread oven festival) with butter cake from the stone oven.
Hoogtepunten
- Original shipyard where more than 600 peat barges were built
- Peat boat preserved in its original condition
- Tools for boatbuilding, peat cutting, and clog making
- Flap sluice, farmhouse bread oven, and draw well on the grounds
- Backofenfest (bread oven festival) on the third Sunday in July
- Opgericht
- 1977
- Beheerder
- Heimatverein Schlußdorf e.V.
Toegangsprijzen & kortingen
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Toegankelijkheid
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Kinderen & gezin
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Bereikbaarheid & parkeren
Met de auto
Parkeerplaats aanwezig
A few parking spaces at the museum; if they are taken, park only at the roadside and keep driveways clear for neighbors and farmers.
Service & horeca
- Café
Fietscafé22 in the museum building with homemade cakes and breakfast (by advance order only). Limited parking at the museum; if it is full, please park only on the street.
Evenementen & zaalverhuur
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Je bezoek plannen
| Goed om te weten | Visits outside opening hours by telephone arrangement. |
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