Höbarthmuseum
The Höbarthmuseum is a museum named after the local historian Josef Höbarth in the town of Horn . The museum contains one of the most important prehistoric collections in Lower Austria .
Höbarthmuseum
The museum is supported by the city of Horn and the Museum Association in Horn . The entrance area is shared with the Madermuseum . The museum, founded in 1930, was housed in the so-called Ölknechthof until 1973 and was then relocated to the former citizens' hospital in Horn. It comprises 23,000 objects and shows the oldest man-made tools and Neolithic and Bronze Age finds from the region such as the Venus von Eggendorf from the holdings of Josef Höbarth, as well as a collection of antiquities with vases and terracottas from the Mediterranean area, details on the history and development of the town of Horn , medieval coin finds, a guild shop and rifle chests , folklore and folk art and sculptural models and figures such as the Theras Madonna .
The forecourt of the museum is partially bordered by remains of the city wall. The offset stonemason framing from the former Vienna Gate has been preserved on the city wall . The fortification tower in the north-east corner of the city fortifications, built in the 1480s, is called Graselturm and contains a permanent exhibition on the robber Johann Georg Grasel .
The collection of farm machinery and equipment such as wooden plows, tractors , combine harvesters and a steam locomobile built up by the Breiteneich farmer Ernst Mader (1892–1979) is accessible in the Madermuseum .
The museum also includes the Waldviertel library for local and regional historical research, which comprises 5000 volumes and is connected to the Horner city archive.
management
- 1930–1952 Josef Höbarth
- 1954–1965 Friedrich Berg
- 1971–1991 Ingo Prihoda
- 1991-2001 Erich Rabl
- 2002–2005 Gertraud Kofler
- 2006–2016 Anton Kurz
- 2016 – to date Anton Mück
Exhibitions
- 2008 and 2009: The Horner Bund. 1608. 400 years. Noble power and freedom of religion.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ DEHIO Lower Austria north of the Danube . Berger, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-85028-395-3 , pp. 456, 460
Coordinates: 48 ° 39 ′ 53 " N , 15 ° 39 ′ 40.9" E