Local history museum (Grimmen)
The Heimatmuseum Grimmen is a folklore museum in the town of Grimmen in the Vorpommern-Rügen district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Among other things, it shows the Emausaurus , the so far only bird pelvic dinosaur whose remains have been found in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
history
A first local museum with an extensive collection opened in September 1929 on the initiative of Mayor Otto Waterstradt in the Grimmer town hall in a specially prepared floor of the building. After the Second World War, however, the exhibits fell into disrepair. The local researcher Gerhard Strübing built a new museum, which was opened on June 15, 1987 on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of Grimmens in the Mühlentor and an adjoining half-timbered house . However, so far only around 30 percent of the population has been found again.
Permanent exhibition
On the first floor of the new building there is a brief outline of the history of the earth. The early history of the region is then presented. This includes, for example, the stool graves of Nehringen , the large dolmen in the Poggendorf Forest and the find of an aurochs skull from the 13th century BC, which was found in 1989 during excavation work on the northern part of the Ibitzgraben . The development of Grimmes from its settlement around 1250 to the 20th century is also shown. This includes exhibits such as the city box . This chest from 1685 was introduced by the Swedish government after the mayor Grimmens had regularly embezzled taxes : With the help of two different locks, access to the city's income should be controlled by the treasurer and a member of an eight-member college. You can also see a facsimile of the Bursprake Grimmens, which was probably made in the second half of the 14th century. It consisted of 46 rules of conduct with a corresponding penalty. In 1640, for example, it was supplemented by the passage that "... everyone should clean their door and not leave the rubbish ...". It was read for the last time in 1814 in the Marienkirche and was valid until 1858.
In the Mühlentor, agriculture and the handicrafts that have shaped the city over many centuries are discussed. On display are tools and equipment for growing crops, but also for making bricks . In addition, the oil discoveries that helped the city to flourish in the 1960s are also discussed.
Some paintings and graphics with landscape motifs of the city and region hang between the exhibits.
Web links
- Heimatmuseum Grimmen , website of the city of Grimmen, accessed on August 10, 2013.
Coordinates: 54 ° 10 '35.3 " N , 12 ° 5' 14.3" E