German Viticulture Museum
The German Viticulture Museum is a national German museum in Oppenheim and shows exhibits from all 13 German wine-growing regions for quality wine . It is located on the edge of Oppenheim's old town.
history
The initiative to found the museum in 1978 arose in the small town in Rhine-Hesse , it is supported by the Association of Friends and Sponsors of the German Wine Museum as a financial and non-material sponsor. One of the initiators was Oskar Foltyn, who was the first director of the museum from 1980 to 1990. The opening of the museum took place on June 20, 1980.
building
The viticulture museum is housed in the former Deutscherrenhaus, also a historic civil hospital, which later became the adult education center. The eleven-axis building was built in 1746 and is characterized by an elegant, restrained classicist design language, which is based on the early French baroque style . It has two full storeys and a mansard hipped roof. The three-axis central risalit is crowned with a triangular gable (frontispiece) and stands out only through the bossed cuboid structure .
The grapevine has played a prominent role in Oppenheim for centuries. The location in the Rhine Valley, surrounded by vineyards, rounds off the combination of indoor and outdoor facilities.
5000 m² of exhibition space, spread over three floors in the late baroque building, an annex and two large open-air areas show 2000 years of wine-growing culture in Germany.
Exhibits
Cultivation, cultivation and protection of the vine, presentation of the pressing and bottling methods from antiquity to today, as well as the trades associated with viticulture (such as cooper and glassblower ) find a loving and detailed presentation. Exhibits from the history of viticulture give an insight into the technical development of viticulture, e.g. B. through equipment for tillage, harvest and winemaking.
The collection of tillage equipment , e.g. B. hoes and Karsten (earth rake), wooden plows and special equipment comprises 700 copies.
The collection for Vines shows rootstocks , Rebveredelung , models for Vines, pruning hooks and Rebernährung .
The area of vine protection includes vine diseases, biocides , old and new vine treatment agents, as well as a complete collection of portable and mobile vineyard sprayers and dusters . Historic tractors from 1917 onwards complete this section.
Historical drinking vessels and wine containers from two millennia - ceramic , amphorae , stoneware , glass and pewter vessels - can be seen.
The tree, spindle (1721–1920) and other wine press models give an impression of these wine presses. The oldest wine press in the Oppenheim Wine Museum comes from the Flonheim ghost mill .
In the oenology department , original must scales from the dispenser of the inventor Ferdinand Oechsle are shown. A fully equipped cooperage tells of the artistic craft of the barrel carvers for wine storage. Original tools from the 18th and 19th centuries and ornate wine barrels from around 1900 can be seen. There are wine pumps , wine bottles and corks presented.
There is also a collection of corkscrews with over 2400 copies, e.g. B. bar, thread, lever, joint and link corkscrews in different colors and sizes, rounded off by bizarre advertising products and special shapes.
Historical photographs of winegrowers from the area around Oppenheim complete the picture.
An overview of more than 4000 exhibits from a selection of 150,000 available objects, as well as information and picture panels that thematically cover almost all areas from the vine to the wine, such as barrels, glasses, hand tools, syringes, labels, pumps, wine bottles, corkscrew collection , Wine filling equipment, development of wine filtration , mousetrap collection , tractors, wine presses provide an insight for laypeople interested in wine as well as for historically interested winemakers.
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Coordinates: 49 ° 50 ′ 58.2 " N , 8 ° 21 ′ 13.2" E