Middle Moselle Museum
 View of the Middle Moselle Museum from Enkircher Straße |
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| place | Traben-Trarbach, Rhineland-Palatinate |
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Local museum
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| opening | April 1, 1928 (in this building since 1955) |
| ISIL | DE-MUS-132310 |
The Middle Moselle Museum in Traben-Trarbach is a local museum with extensive collections on, among other things, the rural living culture of the 19th century, the living style of a wealthy patrician family and the history of the Starkenburg , Grevenburg and the former French fortress Mont Royal .
history
On April 1, 1928, the local history museum was opened by Dr. Ernst Willen Spies justified. The then still small museum was housed in the Citizens' Hall of the old town hall in Traben and showed architectural fragments, household items, ceramics, weapons and coins. In 1937 the museum moved to the former commandant's house on the banks of the Moselle in Traben. It was funded by the district of Zell and the Rheinisches Museumverband. Finally, in 1938 it was recognized as the “Middle Moselle Museum” for the Zell district and the Moselle areas of the neighboring districts.
In 1955 the museum moved to the patrician villa Haus Böcking, where it is still located today. The city of Traben-Trarbach acquired the building from the owner family in 1963 and, with the support of the district of Zell (to which Traben-Trarbach still belonged at the time ) and the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, converted it into a museum from 1965 to 1968. The city became the main sponsor of the museum in 1969.
Museum director Dr. Ernst Wilhelm Spies died on December 5, 1975 after a traffic accident. The museum association was founded in 1980. A so-called “flood of the century” on the Moselle in December 1993 caused severe damage to the museum.
House Böcking
The Böcking House, also known as the Böcking Palace , is a baroque patrician house that was built around 1760 for the local treasurer Johann Adolf Böcking. The plans for this were provided by the architect Christian Ludwig Hautt , who was the chief building director in Palatinate-Zweibrücken . House Böcking is a simple two-story building on a high base floor with a mansard roof , which is divided into nine axes by windows and has corner cuboids. The building is plastered and painted light yellow. On the south side facing the street, it has an elaborately designed segmental arch portal , flanked by Ionic pilasters and crowned by a cranked gable . On the north facade on the Moselle side, the building has a small balcony with a wrought iron grille in the central axis .
Exhibition tour
The entrance to the museum is on the mezzanine floor. The tour begins on the second floor . You go back to the mezzanine floor via the attic and the first floor.
Second story
In room 1, showcases show insights into prehistory and early history. You can see rock samples and tools from the local mining industry , as well as minerals and fossils. Other showcases show excavated objects from the Celtic and Roman times, as well as from the time of the Franks . Further showcases are dedicated to the Sponheimers , who ruled Traben-Trarbach for a long time. Models of the Grevenburg, armor and information about Mont Royal can be seen in room 2, including original plans of the French fortress that Ernst Willen Spies brought back from Paris during World War II . Room 3 shows a city model of Trarbach, information about the city fires and a silver coin find. Equipment and tools from viticulture are exhibited in room 4.
Attic
The rural living culture of the 19th century is presented under the roof. Workshops of coopers , shoemakers and other professions can be seen, as well as a spinning room and all kinds of objects of daily life.
First floor
This floor (rooms 6 to 11) shows how the Böcking patrician family lived in the 18th and 19th centuries. Among other things, you can see the bedroom, master's room and office , all of which are fully furnished.
In room 7 you can see a portrait of the building councilor Christian Ludwig Hautt from Palatinate-Zweibrücken. A magnificent vase is also exhibited here, which was a gift from Crown Prince Friedrich Wilhelm of Prussia to the Böcking family. (It is not clear from the descriptions which Friedrich Wilhelm is meant.)
The center of space 8 is a by Nannette Streicher built in Vienna in 1811 fortepiano , are given on the now and even concerts.
Mezzanine floor
This floor, which includes rooms 12 to 19, is also dedicated to the life of the Böcking family.
Room 15 is the so-called “ Goethe room”. In November 1792 the poet stayed at the Böcking family as a guest. As he describes in his prose campaign in France , he had just reached his destination Trarbach in the dark in bad weather and strong currents.
The dining room (room 16) is adorned with 1100 Delft tiles , which at that time came as ballast with the wine trading ships up the Moselle. Room 17 shows a remarkable pharmacy furnishings from an estate from 1857. In rooms 18 and 19, the kitchen and servants' quarters from that time are furnished.
Corridors and stairwell
There works of different artists are on display, such as picturesque views of the Moselle by Karl Bodmer and lithographs (romanticism of the Mosel from Trier to Koblenz) by Clarkson Stanfield .
additional information
In the campaign in France , Goethe wrote about his stay in the Böcking house:
“Now we were overcome by the night before we could reach Trarbach or even see it. It was pitch dark, we knew we were constricted between more or less steep banks when a storm, previously announced in jerks, broke in with force and persistence: now the current swelled in the headwind, now rebounding gusts of wind alternated falling with furious rushing; wave after wave hit the boat, we felt soaked. The shipmaster did not hide his embarrassment; The longer it lasted, the greater the need seemed, and the urge had risen to the limit when the brave man assured him that he neither knew where he was nor where to head. [...] Finally we happily climbed ashore in Trarbach, where we were immediately offered hens and rice in a tolerable inn. But a respected merchant, hearing the landing of strangers in such a deep, stormy night, urged us into his house, where we hung English black art sheets in well-decorated rooms by candlelight, in cream and glass, with joy, even with emotion greeted the dark dangers that had been endured shortly before. Mr and Mrs, still young people, were eager to please us; we enjoyed the most delicious Moselle wine, which my companion, who of course needed restoration most of all, particularly refreshed himself. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c M. Losse: The Moselle. Castles, palaces, aristocratic residences and fortifications from Trier to Koblenz , p. 146.
- ↑ M. Losse: The Moselle. Castles, palaces, aristocratic residences and fortifications from Trier to Koblenz , p. 145.
- ↑ K. Freckmann: The Mosel. An art travel guide , p. 70.
- ↑ Exclusive music enjoyment at the highest level . In: Trierischer Volksfreund . Edition of July 13, 2006, accessed May 2, 2014.
- ^ A b Goethe's campaign in France at Project Gutenberg
literature
- Klaus Freckmann: The Moselle. An art travel guide . Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86568-082-2 , pp. 70-71.
- Michael Losse: The Moselle. Castles, palaces, aristocratic residences and fortifications from Trier to Koblenz . (= Castles - palaces - mansions . Volume 3). Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2007, ISBN 978-3-86568-240-6 , pp. 145-146.
- Mittel-Mosel-Museum, museum guide . Traben-Trarbach, January 1996.
Web links
Coordinates: 49 ° 56 ′ 56.07 " N , 7 ° 6 ′ 43.57" E