First German Angel Museum in Engelskirchen

The angel museum in the old locksmith's shop

The angel of Engelskirchen at night

First German Angel Museum Engelskirchen is the name of the Engel Museum, which opened on November 20, 2015 in Engelskirchen in the Oberbergischer Kreis . It consists of a collection of around 15,000 angels.

history

The collector Johann Fischer from Engeldorf in the municipality of Kürten had compiled a collection of angels from all over the world since 1985, which was entered as a world record in the Guinness Book of Records in 2002 with 12,642 copies . In 2010 he donated this collection of around 15,000 angels to the Engelverein e. V., who is also responsible for the museum exhibition as the sponsor.

exhibition

The old locksmith's shop of the former Ermen & Engels cotton factory houses the museum's angel collection. The ceiling is painted as a blue sky with clouds. About 200 angels are attached to it, some of them float down on a string. Paintings and pictures of angels hang on the walls. Individual large angels stand freely on the ground or on shelves, smaller angels are housed in showcases.

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  Angel wall

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  Angel is hanging by a thread

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  Tropical angel

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  Angel clock

subjects

The exhibition deals with the topics:

• Faith, religion, popular piety
• Guardian Angel
• Grave and death angels
• Raphael's angel
• Angels in advertising
• Angels in Christmas time
• Kitsch , art and curiosities

Sampling cloth

Unique pieces

A bronze angel weighing just 150 grams that Fischer acquired in Israel is believed to be around 3,000 years old. Two Crottendorfer light angels are wrapped in white rabbit fur coats , they are around 100 years old.

See also

• Angel of lights
• List of museums in the Oberbergischer Kreis

Individual evidence

1. ↑ New world record in Engeldorf. In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger of October 18, 2002, accessed on December 12, 2015.
2. ↑ The Engelverein e. V. accessed on December 12, 2015.
3. ↑ A place for angels. In: Oberberg Aktuell - newspaper for the region, accessed on December 12, 2015
4. ↑ ^{a b} Heavenly exhibits in Engelskirchen. In: Oberbergische Volkszeitung of November 18, 2015, accessed on December 12, 2015.

literature

• Franz Toenniges : Via the ladder to heaven to heavenly hosts. In: Rheinisch-Bergischer Calendar 1994, p. 168ff.

Web links

Commons : Engel-Museum Engelskirchen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Homepage First German Angel Museum Engelskirchen

Coordinates: 50 ° 59 ′ 2.4 ″  N , 7 ° 24 ′ 32 ″  E