German Castle Museum

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Veste Heldburg

The German Castle Museum is a historical museum on the fortress Heldburg near Heldburg in Heldburger Land , the southernmost part of the Hildburghausen district in Thuringia, and was opened on September 8, 2016.

The exhibition closes a lack of information about life in castles and castle building in the Middle Ages. The museum comprises 40 rooms and an area of ​​3000 square meters in the French building of the Veste Heldburg.

history

Courtyard of the fortress Heldburg 1872, on the left the French building with mansion and women’s bay

Initially, the establishment of the German Castle Museum in Cadolzburg in Bavaria was planned. At the end of 2001, an architectural office commissioned by the Bavarian Palace Administration and the Nuremberg State Building Authority began working on construction plans after a rough plan had been drawn up. The plans came to nothing; the choice fell on the fortress Heldburg.

In 2005 a sponsoring association for the museum was founded. It includes the Germanic National Museum , the Thuringian Palaces and Gardens Foundation and the German Historical Museum , as well as the Hildburghausen district , the city of Heldburg , the South Thuringian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other associations and companies.

Initially, the opening of the museum was planned for 2011. The renovation work was delayed; the construction work for the renovation of the fortress began on June 2, 2009. The construction costs were estimated at four to seven million euros in 2009. The grand opening ceremony of the German Castle Museum took place on September 8, 2016. The museum has been open to regular visitors since September 9, 2016.

exhibition

In 2007, an exhibition with 30 display boards was opened in the Veste Heldburg, providing information about the goals and contents of the future museum until the opening. It also offers an overview of the typology and history of the castles, their function during the Middle Ages, their functions as official residence in the 18th and 19th centuries, and their role in the 19th century. Castle research is explained; in addition, the work of the international Wartburg Society is presented.

At the opening, the publication Burgen in Deutschland, Österreich and Schweiz by Anja Grebe and G. Ulrich Großmann appeared in the writings of the German Castle Museum .

literature

  • E. Fritze: The fortress Heldburg. Jena 1903, Reprint: Frankenschwelle, Hildburghausen 1990, ISBN 3-86180-016-0
  • Petra Niedziella: Veste Heldburg becomes German Castle Museum In: ARX. 1/2005, Volume 27, publications by the South Tyrolean Castle Institute
  • The fortress Heldburg. Burganlage - Bergschloss - German Castle Museum (reports from the Thuringian Palaces and Gardens Foundation, vol. 11), Petersberg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86568-975-7
  • Niels Fleck, G. Ulrich Großmann, Helmut-Eberhard Paulus: Veste Heldburg. Official Guide, 2nd completely revised edition, Munich / Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-422-02427-4 .
  • Norbert Klaus Fuchs: The Heldburger Land - a historical travel guide; Rockstuhl Publishing House, Bad Langensalza 2013, ISBN 978-3-86777-349-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Detailed planning" for the castle museum in Veste Heldburg  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ). @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.n24.de In: N24 . December 31, 2008
  2. ^ German Castle Museum Cadolzburg ( Memento from May 12, 2003 in the Internet Archive ). In: Circular letter of the Wartburg Society for the exploration of castles and palaces. No. 25, February 2002
  3. ^ End of the confusion around the Cadolzburg Altar ( Memento of February 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive ). In: Evangelical Press Association for Bavaria. May 20, 2005
  4. ^ Starting shot for the renovation of the Veste Heldburg for the expansion of the German Castle Museum. In: Thuringian castles information. No. 32, August 15, 2009, p. 15 ( PDF  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ))@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.thueringerschloesser.de
  5. ↑ Birgit Ruf: Castle Myth: Too many fairy tales about the life of a knight . In: Nürnberger Nachrichten . February 10, 2009
  6. ↑ Ekkehart Eichler: Rule, dine, celebrate, hunt. The German Castle Museum in the Veste Heldburg in southern Thuringia shows astonishing things about castles and their inhabitants. In: Neues Deutschland from 1./2. December 2018, p. 31
  7. ↑ Germanisches Nationalmuseum: German Castle Museum on the Veste Heldburg refutes clichés about the Middle Ages ( Memento from December 25, 2010 in the Internet Archive ). Press release of May 4, 2007 (PDF; 79 kB - Internet Archive )
  8. ^ Page of the South Tyrolean Castle Institute

Coordinates: 50 ° 17 ′ 20 ″  N , 10 ° 43 ′ 45 ″  E