Schwenningen local history and clock museum
The Schwenningen Local History and Clock Museum is part of the Villingen-Schwenningen Municipal Museums and documents the local and cultural history of Schwenningen and the surrounding area. The museum is located in a former teacher's house from the early 18th century. The half-timbered building is one of the oldest preserved buildings in Schwenningen and has served as a museum since 1931.
Exhibition focus
The Alemanni at the source of the Neckar
Inaugurated in March 2005 Exhibition has life based in Schwenningen Alemanni before about 1300 years ago on the subject. In addition to finds from the Schwenningen grave field “Auf der Lehr”, the focus of the presentation is the facial reconstruction of an Alemannic woman.
Forwarding company with 2 HP
Some of the exhibits from the special exhibition Spedition with 2 HP were included in the permanent exhibition. This part of the exhibition deals with the Schwenningen cart and forwarding system, with the salt transport from the Wilhelmshall salt works being a focus. The central exhibit is a restored horse harness ( pair ) from the 19th century.
Historic farmhouse parlors
The staging of historical farmhouse parlors on the first floor comes from the 1930s and gives an impression of the longing for rural idyll in times of rapid urbanization and industrialization. At the same time, they document the living conditions in Schwenningen in the 19th century.
Artisanal clocks from Schwenningen and the Black Forest
A clock collection with exhibits from Schwenningen and other Black Forest production sites can be seen on the second floor . The replica of a watchmaker's workshop familiarizes people with the working conditions of early modern watchmakers.
Hellmut Kienzle clock collection
Also on the second floor is a collection of high-quality clocks from the 16th to 19th centuries, which was created by the clock manufacturer Hellmut Kienzle in the 50s and 60s. The exhibits come from all the major German watchmaking centers and are each placed in different cultural-historical contexts, from the metaphorization of the clockwork to explain the functioning of the world, the state and the human body to forgeries and collector's items. The Hellmut Kienzle watch museum was opened in February 1961.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ watch collection. Hellmut Kienzle clock museum. Edited by the director of the watch museum, Zurich 1984.
- ^ Social history of the watch industry .
Coordinates: 48 ° 3 ′ 51 ″ N , 8 ° 32 ′ 11.1 ″ E