Heimsen Herring Catcher Museum
 Friller House (left) |
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The Heimsen Herring Catcher Museum is a museum in the East Westphalian town of Petershagen in the Minden-Lübbecke district .
The museum is located in the Heimsen district of the city of Petershagen. With the support of the NRW Foundation for Nature-Heimat-Culture, the story of the people is described who spent part of their lives on the high seas far from home.
At the end of the 18th century, the small farmers on the Mittelweser hired on Dutch fishing ships for six months to escape the misery in their homeland and to feed their families. “Heringsbuysen” was the name of the cutter . They exerted a magical attraction on the people from the East Westphalian "tip" around Petershagen. In the museum, visitors get an insight into the hardships of life between rough seas and barren farmland.
The museum consists of four buildings arranged around an open space with a stele . In the Friller House (ground floor), the cultural, social and economic relationships between the herring catchers and their homeland are presented. In 2013 the department “Disasters at Sea” was set up.
There is a cafeteria in the main building. During the season, the museum is open on Sundays from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
See also
Web links
- Herring Catcher Museum
- Local history and herring catcher museum in Heimsen - fishing in the distance Project presentation of the NRW Foundation
Coordinates: 52 ° 27 '54 " N , 9 ° 3' 38" E