Warnemünde Local History Museum
The Warnemünde Local History Museum is a folklore museum in the Warnemünde district of the Hanseatic city of Rostock .
history
Beginnings in 1914
In 1914, the fisherman Heinrich Holtfreter from Warnemünde drew attention to the fact that more and more of the old, inherited property from "Berliners and dealers" from Warnemünde would disappear forever and suggested collecting and securing these items. The school principal Adolph Ahrens took up this idea and announced it at the meeting of the Low German Association of Warnemünde on February 12, 1914. The association then recommended that "a collection of all historically and culturally important things" should be carried out and raised concerns : “It is high time you started now. An enormous amount is dragged away by dealers. ”A museum committee was formed, which included teacher Kruse, teacher Ahrens, master potter Thesenwitz and Fischer Holtfreter. This was followed by a call to all Warnemünde residents to hand in things that were suitable for a museum collection. The beginning of this collection was the handover of a series of fishing tools, traditional costumes and everyday objects by Heinrich Holtfreter. The submitted items were collected in its veranda at Alexandrinenstrasse 64. Several hundred exhibits were quickly collected and proper accommodation was required. A newspaper advertisement looked for rooms for accommodation during the summer season, as the veranda was needed for the bathers.
The businessman Kruse rented two rooms in the back building at Friedrich-Franz-Straße 32, his wife looked after the pieces. As the collection grew, no permanent accommodation was guaranteed here either; a proposal was made to acquire a house in Warnemünde. However, this failed due to a lack of offers and financial resources of the club. After long negotiations between Rector Ahrens and the City Council of Rostock, the collection could be temporarily stored in two rooms of the Fritz Reuter School. Ahrens became seriously ill and had to hand over the management of the collection.
1932 to 1945
With John Gosselck a suitable successor was found, who was a teacher by profession and a strong advocate for the folklore and the Low German language. He was able to quickly dispel his first concerns about him, who was not born in Warnemünde. In his search for an accommodation for the museum, he first involved the Rostock administration and found a new ally in the city councilor Wilhelm Bremer. After a few unsuccessful attempts, in November 1932 the offer from the owner Miss Christine Jungmann at Alexandrinenstrasse 31 to take over her house built in 1767 and in return to prepare a small apartment on the upper floor and to pay her a pension, was realized. The city of Rostock, the Warnemünde administrative committee, the spa administration and the Low German Association provided the funds. The contract was signed on March 1, 1933 and the house was rebuilt by July. All rooms were renovated, the electrics replaced, the veranda demolished and the paving carried out in front of the house. On July 1, 1933, as part of the home meeting in Warnemünde, the museum was handed over to the public by the City Council Wienke to Johannes Gosselck.
Since the work in the museum could no longer be managed by the Low German Association, a museum association was founded in January 1933, which quickly had 75 members. The previous museum commission took over the management together with representatives of the spa administration, city administration and the tourist office. The aim of the collection was to run a museum that was technically appropriate to the state of folklore and not a "cabinet of rarities". The museum received support from Friedrich Barnewitz and Richard Wossidlo . With the death of Christine Jungmann on November 11, 1933, the building became the property of the city, just like many furnishings, such as the entire kitchen with English dishes and brass kettles, sewing and knitting boxes and jewelry. The number of pieces had grown to 3000, which made a careful registration necessary. The restoration and storage was a constant problem due to limited financial resources. From 1937 onwards, cooperation with the municipal museum was intensified, which resulted in a small but firm budget for the local museum from 1939/40. For the 25th anniversary in 1939, Johannes Gosselck published the first museum guide. During the Second World War, the exhibits were moved to the churches in Lichtenhagen and Hanstorf in 1943. Some valuable pieces were lost in the process.
1945 to 1989
After the Second World War it was stated in an inventory: “Some objects have been preserved. The valuables were stolen from the Russians, other items partly from the youth. Mr. Gosselck is trying to get them back. ” In August 1945 Johannes Gosselck was appointed acting director of the museum and on February 2, 1946 the museum, now known as Warnemünder Heimathaus, was ceremoniously reopened. Gosselck died in 1948, and Ferdinand Scherff was the new director until 1949. As a result, the museum was attached to the cultural history museum in Rostock. In the 1960s the collection was neglected, inventories and restorations hardly took place, the building was in a desolate condition in the 1970s, which led to its closure in 1976. A renovation took place by 1979, which the house received, but did not correspond to the renovation in accordance with the listed buildings. When it reopened in 1979, the museum belonged to the Rostock Shipping Museum.
Since 1989
After the political change , emphasis was placed on the ethnographic content of the exhibition and in 1991 the neighboring house No. 30 could also be used, which increased the exhibition area to around 220 square meters. A new exhibition concept increased the attractiveness. Nevertheless, the museum was about to close again in 2003, as the tight finances of the city of Rostock did not allow it to continue in its previous form. This could be prevented through the establishment of the Museum Association Warnemünde eV, which has been running the house with an operator contract with the city of Rostock since 2005. The city pays an annual subsidy.
exhibition
The exhibition includes exhibits on the history of fishing and seafaring, piloting and sea rescue, here in detail about the history and biography of pilot commander Stephan Jantzen . A section of the exhibition shows the development of Warnemünde from a fishing to a seaside resort. The true-to-original furnishings of the “Vörstuw” (room), “Koek” (kitchen), “Achterstuw” (bedroom) and the “Däl” (hall) give an impression of the life of the Warnemünde people at the end of the 19th century. In addition to this permanent exhibition, special exhibitions are held regularly.
Collections
- General cultural asset
- Historical books
- Reference library books
- Collection of historical postcards
- Fine arts collection
- Collection of historical photographs
- Photo negative card index
- Collection of the photographer master Schäfer
- Collection of historical documents
literature
- Warnemünde Local History Museum , information booklet of the museum
- Carmen Rottmann: The Warnemünde Local History Museum and its collection in Articles on the History of Warnemünde - Issue 9 , edited by Gerhard Lau, 2008
- Carmen Rottmann and Christiane Freuck: Festschrift Heimatmuseum - 75 years in the old fisherman's house - Een Hüsung för uns Museum , Rostock 2008
Web links
Coordinates: 54 ° 10 '35.3 " N , 12 ° 5' 14.3" E