Buddha Museum Traben-Trarbach
 Buddha Museum in the former Art Nouveau winery |
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| place | Traben-Trarbach, Rhineland-Palatinate |
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Culture museum
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| architect | Bruno Möhring 1906 |
| opening | December 8, 2009 |
| Number of visitors (annually) | 5500 |
| management |
Lydia Unger, Claus Rettig (scientific director)
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The Traben-Trarbach Buddha Museum, which opened on December 8, 2009, presents around 2000 Buddha figures and also offers the opportunity to find out more about Buddhism .
The Art Nouveau building
The Traben-Trarbach entrepreneur, born in Mainz and avowed Buddhist Wolfgang Preuss , who earned his living with IT and media technology companies, had the Parkschlösschen , a recreation home formerly used by the Mannesmann company , a five-star in the early 1990s - Ayurveda hotel rebuilt according to the teachings of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi . Today this particular shape no longer plays a role there. The hotel cooperates with the museum. Other objects in Trarbach were also extensively restored by Preuß. In 2000, he bought the house of the former winery Julius Kayser that of Art Nouveau - the architect Bruno Möhring 1905/1906 in addition to the planned also by him Mosel Bridge - the Bridge House has been preserved - and other buildings in Trarbach had built. The winery was once the only art nouveau winery in Europe. Preuß had the subsequently added production facilities demolished and the house restored to its original state, in which, for example, he only used natural stones. The technology of the house is new, in particular the heating and ventilation system required for the exhibits. A 225 square meter extension with a nearly ten meter high and 17 meter wide glazed front was built on the cleared part of the property. There are around 3000 square meters of exhibition and event space available in the building and around another 1000 square meters in the inner courtyard, which can also be used for external events. The roof garden offers a clear view of the Moselle.
The collection
The collection is a permanent exhibition on Buddhist iconography that is unique in Europe . It was brought together by Preuss in about 20 years. The figures come from Burma, China, India, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand from different eras and are made of different materials. In addition to Buddha figures, arhats and bodhisattvas are also exhibited. The largest figure measures 3.90 meters and weighs two tons. There is also a range of information from books, CDs and multimedia installations on Buddhism in art, culture, philosophy and history. In addition, scientists are regularly invited to give lectures on their specialist area. The aim is to create a comprehensive Buddhist information center. The museum has five employees, the director is the social pedagogue and native of Trier, Lydia Unger, and Claus Rettig, a trained sinologist and Japanese scientist who has since retired, is the scientific director. The museum and its facilities are open to visitors, collectors and those interested in the subject for an entrance fee.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Unique Buddha house in Traben-Trarbach. In: volksfreund.de (November 25, 2009).
- ↑ der Mainz, April 2010 ( Memento of the original from December 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Accessed December 2013)
- ↑ Information on the building and collection from Winfried Simon: 1000 Buddhas in Kaysers Kellerei , Trierischer Volksfreund, Mosel, online from September 7, 2009 (accessed December 2013)
- ↑ Short biography in Trierischer Volksfreund, Mosel, from December 15, 2013
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Coordinates: 49 ° 56 '58.96 " N , 7 ° 6' 37.79" O