Home cabinet in the old Café Oelmann
The home cabinet in the old Café Oelmann is a local museum in the district of Westerholt von Herten . The sponsor is the Heimatverein Westerholt 1914 eV
history
The collection was built up from 1900 by Wilhelm Schnitzler, innkeeper and organist. In 1954, it formed the basis for the museum in house Freiheit Nr. 1 in the old village. Since August 2009 it has been located in the premises of the former historic Café Oelmann, which existed from 1907 to 2004. The museum uses the former cafe rooms, bakery, kitchen wing and the flour store on the upper floor.
exhibition
The exhibits include an old tower clock, a model of the old village, old cameras, an old kitchen, sewing machines from Pfaff and Singer , among others , music chests and tube radios from Loewe , Graetz and other manufacturers, relics of the old Hackert Altbier brewery , an old one Police service bike, woodworking tools, brick-making equipment, and more. They give an insight into everyday life over the past decades. There is also a depiction of Anna Spiekermann , who was executed as a witch and who was the last victim of the witch persecution in Vest Recklinghausen.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 36 ′ 0.3 " N , 7 ° 5 ′ 30.4" E