Richen Farm Museum
The Richen Farmer's Museum in the former Farrenstall in Richen , a district of Eppingen in the Heilbronn district ( Baden-Württemberg ), is a museum on the history of peasant life that has been set up since 2000 .
building
The Farrenstall, a half-timbered house from the first half of the 18th century, belonged to the Princes of Leiningen and was used as a wine press . The municipality of Richen, which bought the building in 1837, converted it into a barn with an apartment for the keeper. In 2000 the museum was opened as part of the Old University City and Half-Timbered Museum .
exhibition
The everyday rural culture is first shown using a detailed apartment with kitchen, living room and bedroom. This is followed by the farmer's utility rooms , in which the former agricultural equipment is located. A cider cellar can also be visited.
The typical handicrafts of a farming village such as cobbler and painting workshops are shown. The former village locksmith and village smithy , a vital craft for the village life, was completely to the museum translocated .
Craft markets, seminars and special exhibitions are organized to provide a deeper insight into rural life.
Since 2007, an educational fruit path has been added to the offer.
literature
- Museum-ready. Museums and collections in Eppingen . Edited by the city and half-timbered museum "Alte Universität", Eppingen 2008, ISBN 978-3-926315-36-6 .
Web links
City and half-timbered museum Old University | Pfeifferturm | Mikveh / Jordanbad | Museum of Evidence of Religious Faith | Archive for the history of rural life | Culture-Historical Museum | Truss path | Local history and tobacco museum Elsenz | Weinbaustube Kleingartach | Steinhauermuseum Mühlbach | Richen Farm Museum
Coordinates: 49 ° 10 ′ 15 ″ N , 8 ° 56 ′ 24.1 ″ E