Fehn- und Maritime Museum

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The Fehn- und Schiffahrtsmuseum in Westrhauderfehn is a museum on the history of fen culture , regional shipbuilding and shipping in what was once the most important inland port in East Frisia . The museum, located in the listed "Villa Graepel", is a member of the East Friesland Museum Association . It is supported by the Heimatverein Overledingerland eV In front of the museum, the Heimatverein has rebuilt a forge that is over 100 years old. The Tjalk "Twee Gebroeders" is located in the canal in front of the house .

history

The museum goes back to an initiative of the Heimatverein Overledingerland eV , founded in 1948 , which, in addition to maintaining the local culture, local customs and the Low German language, is dedicated to the establishment and operation of the Fehn- und Schifffahrtsmuseum. The museum has been housed in Villa Graepel since 1950 and was officially recognized in 1954. Since the municipality moved out, the Overledingerland local history association has been using the entire building as a museum. In 2017 it recorded around 5,000 visitors. In addition to the permanent exhibition, special exhibitions also take place.

The museum building

The museum is housed in an Art Nouveau villa from the Wilhelmine era with a large Gulf barn as the rear building. The impressive building was erected in 1902 by Conrad Phillip Graepel, owner of the CAI Hagius Sohn department store. In 1936 the building became the property of the Westrhauderfehn community. Up until the construction of a new town hall in 1978, the town council was housed in the villa. The municipality is the owner of the historic house to this day.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b fehn-schiffahrtsmuseum.de: Welcome to the Fehn- und Schiffahrtsmuseum Westrhauderfehn! ( Memento of the original from September 2, 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 May 27, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fehn-schiffahrtsmuseum.de
  2. ^ Ostfriesland.de: Fehn- und Schiffahrtsmuseum Westrhauderfehn , viewed on May 27, 2013.
  3. ↑ a b Michael Till Heinze: Villa Graepel turns 100 , accessed on May 27, 2013.
  4. ↑ Elke Wieking: When the museum was still the Villa Graepel . In: General-Anzeiger (Rhauderfehn) of August 20, 2008. Accessed on May 27, 2013.

Coordinates: 53 ° 8 ′ 7.4 ″  N , 7 ° 34 ′ 19.2 ″  E