Veringenstadt local history museum

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Local history museum in the town hall of Veringenstadt
Veringenstadt - half-timbered town hall 1415.jpg
Local history museum in the town hall, Im Städtle 116, 72519 Veringenstadt
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The Veringenstadt local history museum in the historic Bürgersaal in the town hall of Veringenstadt shows the history of the place, which has been continuously inhabited for 50,000 years:

Museum building: Veringenstadt town hall

Veringenstadt local history museum

The local history museum is also unique because of the space. The town hall of Veringenstadt was built around 1415 and is still the seat of the city administration today. This makes it the oldest town hall in Hohenzollern with continuous municipal use. The building was rebuilt and plastered in the 19th century. The renovation and uncovering of the Alemannic half-timbering took place in 1977. The ground floor was previously an open market hall. The citizens' hall, the council chamber and the administration were on the second floor. The grain hall was on the top floor. The gable roof consists of collar beams with a reclining chair on two floors. All floors are criss-crossed by late Gothic wooden columns, which were made visible during the renovation of the building between 2000 and 2003.

History of the local history museum Veringenstadt

  • The first suggestions for a local history museum came from Eduard Peters after he exhibited the first finds from his excavations in the caves of Veringenstadt in 1935 as part of a large local festival in the town hall.
  • In the summer of 1936 the first exhibits of the local history museum could be shown thanks to the preparatory work of Adolf Rieth , Willy Baur (Hechingen) and Walter Genzmer . In addition to the prehistoric finds by Eduard Peters, farm tools and old furniture were exhibited.
  • In 1946, immediately after the end of the Second World War, the first showcases of the local history museum were put up.
  • Until 1956, part of today's museum served as a local arrest to implement local disciplinary measures.
  • The local history museum was officially opened in 1966. The museum concept was worked out by Adolf Rieth and Walter Genzmer . The opening took place at the same time as the erection of a Neanderthal sculpture on the lower Lauchert Bridge. The initiative for this came from Mayor Stefan Fink , who had the courage to say: “If all the building owners in history had waited with their cultural buildings until a usable street lamp was on in every corner, nothing permanent would have been built!” Also in Veringenstadt such lamps were lacking at the time and many residents were opposed to this project. The fact that the erection of the Neanderthal sculpture was taken as an opportunity to develop a Neanderthal group of fools shows the ambiguous acceptance of the figure at the time.

In 2007, the entire town hall and the local history museum were renovated in accordance with the monument.

Stone Age cultural finds from the time of the Neanderthals and the early Homo sapiens

Aurignacien - flint tools, finds from the Göpfelstein and Nikolaus caves in the Veringenstadt local history museum
Strap end and fragment of a bone flute.
Neanderthal Sculpture; Inauguration on December 31, 1965. District President Willi Birn (2nd from right) and Mayor Stefan Fink (right). Design: Adolf Rieth , Tübingen. Sculptor: Eduard Raach, Eningen.

The depiction of the settlement during early history in the Göpfelstein cave and the Nikolaus cave by the Neanderthals ( Moustérien ) and later by the early anatomically modern man ( Aurignacien ) was carried out by the state curator Adolf Rieth . However, he not only wanted to prove the life of the Neanderthals and the Upper Paleolithic people with original stone tools, but also show the physical appearance of these Palaeolithic hunters. For this purpose, a plastic reconstruction of a Neanderthal man whose face is smiling was created. The reason was: Our early ancestors were not as beastly as it was long thought; they certainly knew feelings. The sculptor Eduard Raach-Döttinger implemented the design in a sculpture made of shell limestone, which stands by the lower Lauchert Bridge.

In addition to the plastic reconstruction in the museum, there are images of life from the Neanderthal's hunter's life. The pictures are by the Czech painter Zdeněk Burian , who achieved international fame for his pictures of prehistoric animals and people.

But not only ice age hunters had lived in the Veringenstadt caves. Even in the Neolithic, Late Bronze Age and Celtic times, people sought protection in these caves and left behind tons of broken pieces and isolated stone and metal tools. Unfortunately, almost everything of these originals was lost in the turmoil at the end of World War II.

Alemanni

In the middle of the room lies the skeleton of an Alamannen from nearby Sigmaringen in a glass showcase , which was exhibited at Hohenzollern Castle until 1966 . The skeleton, a middle-aged man, shows severe blow injuries on the top of the skull.

Witch shirt and instruments of torture in the Baderann witch trial in 1680

Torture shirt of Anna Kramerin, who was burned as a "witch" in Veringenstadt in 1680. Flax; Plain weave; hand-sewn 135 × 90 cm; 17th century.

The broad sword is exhibited as a sign of the jurisdiction of this small town . In addition, an iron mask of shame , which was put on the person in the pillory , as well as neck violins and chain shackles . Particularly impressive is a heavy stone weight with an iron ring, which was used for the torture instrument .

In 1680 Anna Kramer, known by the population as Bader-Ann , was charged with witchcraft in Veringenstadt . During her interrogations, Bader-Ann had to wear this so-called witch's shirt in order to receive "truthful statements" from her. After several tortures she was sentenced as a witch and beheaded and burned on June 8, 1680.

According to tradition, the shirt was spun , woven and sewn by seven thirteen-year-old children from May 10th to 17th, 1680, i.e. in seven days . Consecrated " magic notes " were sewn into the seams , which, according to superstition , should prevent the "influence of the devil on the person" who wears this shirt.

The shirt is made of coarse linen and has half-length sleeves. It is laid in fine folds in the neck area. The many small holes are due to the fact that pentagrams and other symbols were sewn in here, which were later cut out again as disaster-repellent amulets .

Bader-Ann's witch shirt is the only known one of its kind that is still preserved today.

The last witch trial in Veringenstadt in 1680 is documented in a detailed court and torture protocol: The Bader-Ann witch trial .

The original can be viewed:

  • The room where the 1680 witch trial was held
  • The judges' table at which the Bader-Ann was negotiated
  • The torture tools used in the ordeal
  • The so-called witch shirt that she wore during the torture
  • The executioner's sword with which she was beheaded
  • The torture chamber was located right next to the council chamber and was the local prison until the 1950s

Guild objects

The guild coats of arms in the city museum contain the handcraft emblems of the various professions. The guilds were secular professional associations with an ecclesiastical character. The boards were hung on the ceiling and, depending on the official act, rotated so that the currently acting professional group could be seen.

Guild regulations of the city of Veringen from 1695.

Old everyday objects

  • Veringenstadt local history museum: brick hearth

  • Veringenstadt local history museum: use of flax

  • Veringenstadt local history museum: guild chest

  • Veringenstadt local history museum: Medieval stairs and guns from the 19th century.

  • Veringenstadt local history museum: pistols, sabers and plaited masonry in the half-timbered town hall.

  • Veringenstadt local history museum: Fire extinguisher bucket made of leather with the inscription: Joseph Kleiner Wirth zu Vöhringendorf 1827

  • Veringenstadt local history museum: Dutch Stoelklok (chair clock) in the Veringenstadt local history museum. Inscription on the back: June 14, 1906. Geleverd too A. Heinzelmann. Horlogen Utrecht Holland. On the back of the dial is written: F. Pfaff 1917. Probably Friedrich Pfaff geb. 1872 in Veringenstadt.

Historical circular hike through Veringenstadt

Anyone visiting the museum in Veringenstadt should take the time to take a tour of the historic old town

literature

  • Adolf Rieth: A new local history museum in Veringenstadt.
  • Scheff, Jürgen (2003): Veringenstadt local history museum. Inventory list of the archaeological collection (as of June 7, 2003). 13 pages; unpublished typescript.
  • Uhl, Stefan: The town hall in Veringenstadt. In: Southwest German contributions to historical building research. Volume 7. (2007), pp. 123-138.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lauchert newspaper of August 1, 1935.
  2. ↑ a b c d Adolf Rieth : A new local history museum in Veringenstadt (Hohenzollern) . In: Ministry of Culture Baden-Wuerttemberg (ed.): Newsletter of the preservation of monuments in Baden-Wuerttemberg - organ of the state offices for the preservation of monuments. July – December 1966. Volume 9 - Volume 3/4 . Freiburg in Breisgau. ISSN  0465-7519 . Pp. 108–111, here pp. 110f.
  3. ↑ Sigmaringen State Archives: Ho 310 T 2 No. 689.
  4. ↑ Veringenstadt City Archives. Municipal Council Minutes Volume IV 1952-1969. July 21, 1956.
  5. ↑ Walter Frick: A Neanderthal can also smile. Stuttgarter Nachrichten March 23, 1966 No. 69. Reports from Baden-Württemberg. Page 12.
  6. ↑ Annual review 2007 by the Veringenstadt city administration.
  7. ↑ [1]
  8. ↑ The Alemanni skeleton is on loan from the Hohenzollern Regional Association.
  9. ↑ Protocol of the witch trial against the Baderann in the city archive of Veringenstadt from 1680
  10. ↑ Thomas Fink: Veringische Zunfts-Articul 1695 Veringenstadt Foundation (PDF)