Hermann Grochtmann Museum

The village school courtyard houses the museum

As a municipal museum, the Hermann Grochtmann Museum in Datteln collects early historical finds and shows the history of the rural community as well as the recent industrial history of the mining and canal town. It has been converted for the VHS since November 2016 and is currently closed.

building

The museum is housed in the Dorfschultenhof, a typical Westphalian hall house with three aisles built in 1809. The Dorfschultenhof stands on the oldest farm property in Datteln and has been owned by the city since 1911.

history

As early as 1927, the first cultural-historical collections were kept in the Dorfschultenhof, which is now a listed building. In 1936 it became a municipal museum. In 1969 the farm was named after the senior teacher and local researcher Hermann Grochtmann .

In 1988 the museum was reopened with a new concept after several years of renovation. In cooperation with the women's history workshop , the museum developed, among other things, the tour of women's everyday life in inland navigation through the Datteln Canal Cross , with which it was included in the route of industrial culture.

exhibition

• Until the renovation, the finds from early history (Stone, Bronze and Iron Ages) were exhibited on the ground floor .
• This was followed by the period from the Middle Ages to the beginning of the 20th century, when Datteln as a rural community was characterized by agriculture, handicraft and trade and was one of the largest parishes in Vest.
• The rooms on the upper floor were dedicated to industrialization, canal construction and contemporary history from the imperial era to the Federal Republic. Mining reached the city in 1906 with the Emscher-Lippe colliery , and canal construction began in 1899 with the Dortmund-Ems Canal .
• In the attic there is space for temporary exhibitions on local and cultural-historical topics and by artists from the region, etc. a. by Ulla Höpken .

An exhibit of particular importance are cast steel bells made as early as 1845 ; they are the oldest cast steel bells in Germany.

See also

• Anno 1147 , folk festival

Web links

• The museum on the city of Datteln's website
• Description of this sight on the route of industrial culturehttp: //vorlage.rik.test/~7~10743

Footnotes

1. ↑ Stately courtyard next to the town hall ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed December 19, 2016.  

Coordinates: 51 ° 39 ′ 22.2 "  N , 7 ° 20 ′ 46.8"  E