Montafon Mining Museum Silbertal

Municipal office and Montafon mining museum

The Montafon Mining Museum in the village of Silbertal is housed in the municipal office in the center of the scattered settlement opposite the Silbertal parish church.

architecture

The municipal office was built in mixed construction, bricked and as a timber structure. It includes the Montafon Mining Museum, which traces the former mining of silver, copper and iron in the Montafon with around 500 objects. The Montafon Heritage Protection Association is the sponsor of the museum and the owner of the collection. The office also houses the Silbertal post office of the Schruns post office .

Special exhibitions

• 2011: Johann Bitschnau (1876–1929) Memoirs of a Silbertaler teacher

literature

• Jochen Hofmann, Christian Wolkersdorfer: The historical mining in the Montafon . Heimatschutzverein Montafon, Schruns 2013, ISBN 978-3-902225-51-1 . ( Digitized version )

Web links

Commons : Montafon Mining Museum Silbertal  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Silbertal mining museum

Individual evidence

1. ^ VorarlbergMuseen Montafon Mining Museum in Silbertal, accessed on June 30, 2011
2. ↑ Hans Netzer, Luise Jenny (ed.): Johann Bitschnau (1876–1929). Memories of a Silbertaler teacher. Heimatschutzverein Montafon , Schruns 2011, ISBN 978-3-902225-45-0 .
3. ^ Page on Johann Bitschnau on Montafon museums

Coordinates: 47 ° 5 ′ 40.8 "  N , 9 ° 58 ′ 42.1"  E