Liegnitz collection

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Furniture from the Liegnitz district from the 1830s

The Liegnitz collection in Wuppertal contains objects from the city of Liegnitz (today Legnica ) as well as from the district of Liegnitz and the duchy of Liegnitz . It was created on the initiative of Dr. Gerhard Kaske founded. Liegnitz is the Lower Silesian twin town of Wuppertal. According to the company, it is one of the most important collections related to Silesia in Germany. The collection has been housed in the Vohwinkel administration building (the former Vohwinkel town hall) since the beginning of 2009 and is accessible once a week and by appointment.

organization

Part of the archive

The exhibition is supervised by the Liegnitz Collection Wuppertal Working Group, which is organized in the Rheinisches Museumsbund and works closely with the two Liegnitz associations, the Federal Group Liegnitz - City and Country - eV (BGL) and the Historical Society Liegnitz eV (HGL). The Liegnitz associations cooperate with the Copper Museum and the State Archives in Liegnitz. The collection is sponsored by the City of Wuppertal, the BGL and the HGL. The HGL was founded in 1970 in Wuppertal.

The working group organized around 50 special exhibitions, which could be seen in Breslau, Düsseldorf, Königswinter, Liegnitz, Siegburg and Görlitz, among others. In some cases, there was cooperation with German and Polish museums.

In its scientific work, the working group is not limited to museum tasks, but also works on annual editions published by the HGL. Inquiries that can be answered by the archive of historical books and documents are also processed.

history

In 1952/53 the city of Wuppertal took on the sponsorship of the expelled German citizens from the Liegnitz region. Biennial sponsorship meetings were organized, to which Liegnitzer came from all over Germany to Wuppertal. In the course of time they brought with them cultural memorabilia from Silesia. These were first collected and exhibited in a room in the town hall . The numerous objects over time could no longer be adequately accommodated in the town hall, so the board of the BGL and the sponsorship committee tried to find a more suitable accommodation. This was found in one of the two Haspel houses on Friedrich-Engels-Allee , which were renovated until 1980. On March 5, 1979, the city council decided that the collection should be housed rent-free on one floor of the building complex, which was ceremoniously opened there on September 20, 1980 in the presence of Lord Mayor Gottfried Gurland .

The connection between the two cities was strengthened in 1993 through a city ​​partnership .

The collection was housed on Friedrich-Engels-Allee until 2008, but the premises there were needed for other purposes, so the collection had to move. In the Vohwinkel town hall, two rooms were provided on the first floor where the collection has been on view since the beginning of 2009.

Duration

Historical documents

The inventory includes graphics and drawings, furniture, documents, coins, archaeological finds, Bunzlau ceramics and textiles. Furniture from the 1830s, archaeological objects and a collection of coins, especially from the 16th and 17th centuries, are mentioned as valuable.

There is also a certificate with a seal from 1438, copper and steel engravings on the development of the city from the 16th century. The Liegnitzer Jahrbuch by the town clerk Georg Thebesius , printed in 1733. Old address books in the inventory are interesting for genealogists.

The collection also contains works by the painter and graphic artist Theodor Blätterbauer .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Liegnitzer Sammlung Wuppertal on www.wuppertal.de , accessed December 2019.
  2. ↑ a b Liegnitzer Sammlung Wuppertal on www.schlesisches-museum.de , accessed June 2009
  3. ^ The Historical Society of Liegnitz eV on www.liegnitz.info , accessed June 2009
  4. ↑ a b c Liegnitz Collection Wuppertal on www.liegnitz.info , accessed June 2009
  5. ↑ a b Patenstadt Wuppertal on www.liegnitz.info , accessed June 2009
  6. ↑ Liegnitz Collection, Wuppertal on www. webmuseen.de , accessed June 2009
  7. ↑ on www.rheinischemuseen.de Liegnitzer Sammlung Wuppertal , accessed June 2009
  8. ^ Address book in the Liegnitz collection , accessed June 2009
  9. ↑ Blätterbauer, Theodor . In: Ostdeutsche Biografie (Kulturportal West-Ost), accessed June 2009

Web links

Commons : Liegnitz Collection  - collection of images, videos and audio files