Friedrichshain local history museum
The Friedrichshain Local History Museum existed as a facility of the Friedrichshain Cultural Office (from 2001 Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg) from 1991 to 2004 in Lichtenberger Straße 41 (until 1990) and in the Alte Feuerwache (Berlin-Friedrichshain) . It emerged from the local history collection or the local history cabinet in Bersarinstraße 68 (1983–1990) and became known through guided tours, exhibitions, publications and collecting activities on the local history of Friedrichshain. After the merger of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, the museums of the former districts were merged to form the Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg District Museum and their local history collections were merged in the Kreuzbergmuseum (FHXB Museum since 2013) at Adalbertstraße 95a.
history
The prehistory 1983–1990
In 1983, a collection of various documents, books and photos, compiled in the 1960s by a school principal, was moved from the basement of the school building on Pettenkoferstraße to the ground floor apartment at Bersarinstraße 68, where it began to be processed. That was the basis for the collection of the Heimatgeschichtliches Kabinett, which was created here in the 1980s.
Heike Abraham (later Heike Naumann) and Katrin Müller invited visitors to the "Heimatgeschichtliche Collections" (local history collections) for the opening of a first exhibition on Friedrichshain's history.
In December 1990, a poster from the Cabinet of Local History announced “We are moving” to Lichtenberger Straße 41, “in order to be an interesting historical meeting point for all citizens with better exhibition opportunities and a podium for public discussion evenings, now as the“ HEIMATMUSEUM FRIEDRICHSHAIN ”.
On the high-rise ground floor 1991–1998
The Friedrichshain Heimatmuseum has now started a lively exhibition, collection and event activity on the ground floor of the high-rise Lichtenberger Straße 41. The archive and library were offered to interested parties for inspection.
The new museum opened with the exhibition “Friedrichshain streets and squares the day before yesterday, yesterday and today”. The exhibition “Friedrichshain Families in Nine Decades” followed in May 1992, “Friedrichshain Entrepreneurs and Companies 1843–1945 - Insights into Industrial History” in May 1994, and “Wilhelmine Smiles. Buildings by Hoffmann and Messel in the Friedrichshain district ”, 1995“ Starting point chaos - new beginning in Friedrichshain ”, 1996“ Robbery and murder in the neighborhood - historical Friedrichshain criminal cases ”and 1997“ From Frankfurter to Stalinallee ”.
In May 1992 a series of lectures began under the title “Friedrichshain - City History to Touch”, “Historical City Walks” were offered, and the children's party was also invited.
In 1998 a move was on the program again. The museum director Heike Naumann had already stated after the last move to Lichtenberger Straße in 1991: “Although the Heimatmuseum now has a lot more exhibition and work space available (approx. 150 m² in total), this cannot yet be seen as the final solution. The museum would be better housed in a building that embodies the history of Friedrichshain itself ... "
The local history museum has now moved into such a building, the Alte Feuerwache, Marchlewskistraße 6.
In the old fire station in Friedrichshain from 1998–2004
In the building converted from 1995 to 1998 into a cultural center with the historic ground floor of the former "Fire Station Memel" (fire station Weberwiese), which has been used for years as a storage room and veneer workshop of the VEB Edelholzbau and intercor - VEB Interior Design Combine Berlin , the Heimatmuseum received archive and work rooms on the 1st floor and the historic carriage hall as an exhibition space.
Changing exhibitions were shown here. As before, accompanying brochures were published for some of them. The opening exhibition presented "Friedrichshain Brewery History". This was followed in 1999 "The East Side Gallery", 2000 "Friedrichshain Settlement and City History", 2001 "On Water and Rails - Friedrichshain Transport Routes", "Helen Ernst - Stations of an Artist", 2002 "Disappeared Friedrichshain - Buildings and Monuments in East Berlin ". An important advisor and author of the brochures accompanying the exhibition was local researcher Jan-Michael Feustel , who is also known through other publications on Friedrichshain's history .
After the merger of Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg in 2001, it was decided to merge the local history collections of the former districts in the Kreuzberg Museum at Adalbertstraße 95a. The move was completed in 2004. Until then, the museum still had exhibitions in the old fire station, some on the 1st floor.
In 2001 the Friedrichshain art rental company had already moved into the Wagenhalle, and on March 16, 2003 the project room opened here with a new exhibition.
In the “History & Museum Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg” program from May to June 2004, the “District Museum Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg” listed the Kreuzberg Museum for Urban Development and Social History, Adalbertstraße 95A, but also the regional history library and archive for the districts of Kreuzberg and Friedrichshain in the Kreuzberg Museum still the exhibition room of the Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain in the old fire station, Marchlewskistraße 6. The historical walks with Heike Naumann were also part of the program.
Publications
- Heike Abraham, Katrin Müller: Friedrichshain families in nine decades. Protocols to an exhibition, Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain, Berlin 1992
- Heike Abraham: Friedrichshain entrepreneurs and companies 1843 to 1945. Insights into industrial history - a catalog for the exhibition, Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain, Berlin 1993
- Heike Naumann: Historical Views from Friedrichshain , Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain, 1994
- Jan Feustel: Wilhelmine smile. Buildings by Hoffmann and Messel in the Friedrichshain district. Material accompanying the exhibition, Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain, Berlin 1994
- Heike Naumann: The Friedrichshain: History of a Berlin Park , Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain, Berlin 1994
- Walter Mohr (Red.): Starting point chaos - new beginning in Friedrichshain. Material accompanying the exhibition, eyewitness reports etc., Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain, Berlin 1995
- Jan Feustel: Robbery and murder in the Kiez - historical Friedrichshain criminal cases , accompanying material for the exhibition, Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain, Berlin 1996
- Jan Feustel: Vanished Friedrichshain. Buildings and monuments in East Berlin , accompanying material for the exhibition, Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain, Berlin 2001
Individual evidence
- ↑ FHXB Museum
- ↑ Berlin Regional Museums Working Group (Ed.): New Paths in City History - East Berlin Local Museums and Collections, Berlin 1991, p. 11
- ↑ Flyer Heimatmuseum Friedrichshain from May 1992
- ↑ Berlin Regional Museums Working Group (ed.): New Paths in City History - East Berlin Local Museums and Collections, Berlin 1991, p. 18
- ^ Program flyer History & Museum Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg 2004
Coordinates: 52 ° 30 ′ 2.2 " N , 13 ° 25 ′ 5.7" E