Bad Driburg Glass Museum
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The Glasmuseum Bad Driburg is a municipal museum on the subject of glass in Bad Driburg (Germany). The glass museum is located in the "Heinz Koch House" in downtown Driburg. The three Driburg-based companies Walther Glas (in the Siebenstern district ), glaskoch and Ritzenhoff & Breker (both in Herste ) are key sponsors of the Glass Museum .
building
The former residential building, which was built by the city around 1900 and inaugurated in 1907, served as the chaplain of the parish church of St. Peter and Paul and as the residence of the Driburg vicar until after the Second World War . In the 1990s the building was renovated and since 2006 - after a few years of interruption and relocation of the museum - it has once again housed the Driburg Glass Museum. The brick building with half-timbered gables bears the name of the glass wholesaler (company "glaskoch", Leonardo ), who died in 1989 , an honorary citizen of the city and an important sponsor of the museum, Heinz Koch.
exhibition
In the museum, as part of a permanent exhibition on two floors, showpieces of glass production and refinement, which has been demonstrable in the Driburg region since the 16th century . This includes models, historical glassmaking tools, over 400 exhibited glasses (both utility glass and extraordinary glass art) as well as special individual pieces, e.g. B. a rifle's cup from 1872 and the Driburg "Glasmacherfahne" (a standard made of glass from 1908 or earlier). The glass trade, which has existed as an organized branch of industry since the 17th century, is also shown in pictures and documents. The third focus is on the connections with the Driburg springs and the therapeutic bath , presented in the form of water bottles, drinking glasses , medical and pharmaceutical glass appliances.
The museum also hosts special exhibitions at irregular intervals, for example in 2009 on the subject of “2000 Years of the Varus Battle - Mythical Reflections in Bad Driburg”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f Peter Bonk: Small museum guide through the Bad Driburg Glass Museum. Bad Driburg, undated (2007 or 2008).
- ↑ Waldemar Becker: Review of the city's history: Driburg 175, 100 and 75 years ago. In: Event program 2007. Eggegebirgsverein , 2007, p. 20, Bad Driburg.
- ↑ Holger Kerkhof: Forays through the cultural region of Höxter. Series of publications District Höxter, Vol. 4. Höxter, 2007. ISBN 978-3-938013-03-8 . Pp. 20/21.
- ^ Bad Driburger Touristik: 2000 years of the Varus Battle. Mythical reflections in Bad Driburg. ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 718 kB) Exhibition flyer, 2009.
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 44 '11.7 " N , 9 ° 1' 9.2" E