Widukindmuseum Enger

Over het museum

The museum dates back to the late 1930s, when an exhibition on the Saxon leader Widukind, who according to tradition is buried in Enger, was set up in an old hall house right next to the Stiftskirche. During the Nazi era, Widukind was appropriated as a symbolic figure of the ideology. Although the Nazi symbols were removed after 1945, the basic concept remained in place until the end of the 1970s.

Excavations in the Stiftskirche in the 1970s uncovered graves in the choir; neither anthropological studies nor later DNA analyses could determine whether one of them belongs to Widukind. After some five years of planning and renovation, the museum reopened on August 20, 2006, with a completely new exhibition that does not celebrate a hero but instead asks how the image of Widukind has changed over the centuries.

The tour leads from the Saxon Wars (772–785) and Widukind's baptism, through the founding of the collegiate foundation by Queen Mathilde and the remains of the Enger collegiate treasure, to aristocratic genealogies, history painting and monuments of the 19th and 20th centuries, and on to his appropriation by National Socialism. A free audio guide accompanies the visit. Concerts, lectures and readings take place in the attic. The museum is run by the town of Enger; a friends' association founded in 2003 supports its work.

Hoogtepunten

• Finds from the graves in the choir of the Stiftskirche and the unresolved question of Widukind's grave
• Treasury with relics of the Enger collegiate treasure and films on the originals in Berlin
• Widukind in history painting and in monuments by the sculptor Heinrich Wefing
• Critical presentation of the Nazi appropriation of Widukind
• Audio guide included in admission

Vaste collectie

• Widukind – Geschichte und Mythos – Permanent exhibition on the Saxon leader, the excavations in the Stiftskirche, the Enger collegiate foundation and the changing interpretations of Widukind from the Middle Ages to the 20th century.

Beheerder

Stadt Enger

Directie

Dr. Olav Heinemann

Toegangsprijzen & kortingen

Audio guide included in admission. Who is eligible for reduced admission is not specified. Guided tours with advance registration (also outside opening hours) €50 plus admission.

Toegankelijkheid

• Rolstoeltoegankelijk: geen informatie
• Lift
• 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

According to the museum, there is an elevator and an accessible restroom.

Kinderen & gezin

Erg geschikt voor kinderen & gezinnen

• Gezinsrondleidingen & workshops
• Kinderfeestjes

Tours for young and old as well as children's birthday parties at the museum by registration; free audioguide.

Bereikbaarheid & parkeren

Service & horeca

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