Pfundsmuseum

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Part of the measuring device collection in the Pfundsmuseum

The Pfunds Museum in Kleinsassen ( Rhön ) contains a collection of scales , weights and measuring devices compiled by Reinhardt Kremer . In 2001 it was housed in the home of the former painter and hotelier Julius von Kreyfelt .

Using around 40,000 exhibits, the museum shows in seven rooms on around 250 square meters (3125 "Altfuldaian square feet ") and four floors the diversity of inventiveness and the design of old tailors ' shops , measures, scales and weights, as they are used by the most diverse professions with different Accuracy requirements were in use in almost every country, continent and age. The exhibits and their social and historical context are explained in guided tours.

Exhibits

  • From ancient times to today (for example, Ancient Egypt, Babylonia, Greece, Roman Empire, Vikings)
  • From pharmacies to housewives, merchants, surveyors and carpenters
  • From Hesse, Thuringia and Franconia to Iceland, Africa and China
  • From large cattle scales to baker's, hairdresser's, egg, potato, letter, kitchen, grain, paper, shoemaker and textile scales to the finest analytical scales used by chemists and personal scales, almost all areas of measurement and Weighing represented in olden times.

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Coordinates: 50 ° 33 '2.5 "  N , 9 ° 52' 34.7"  E