Museum Upper Saline

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Museum Upper Saline
MOS (2) .jpg
Data
place Hausen (Bad Kissingen)
Art
opening July 30, 1998
Number of visitors (annually) 19,600 (2019)
management
Annette Späth
Website
ISIL DE-MUS-428017

The Museum Obere Saline ( MOS ) is a museum facility in the Bad Kissingen district of Hausen . The museum is located in the building of the Upper Saline and consists of the departments “Bismarck Museum”, “Salt and Salt Production”, “Heilbad Kissingen”, “Weltbad Kissingen” and “Toys World”.

history

The representative residential building of the Upper Saline dates from the 18th century and was originally used by the Würzburg prince-bishops . Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck resided here between 1876 and 1893 during his regular spa stays.

On December 12, 1997, the city of Bad Kissingen became the new owner of the Upper Saline for a symbolic purchase price of one Deutsche Mark . With the building permit issued by the building committee of the city council of Bad Kissingen and the building approval by the government of Lower Franconia in December 1997, construction could start.

On July 30, 1998, on the 100th anniversary of Bismarck's death, the Bismarck Museum was officially opened. In 1999 the entrance hall was converted into a foyer and a museum shop was set up. Furthermore, the vaulted cellar was prepared for special events. In addition, the former saline church was renovated. The stencil paintings still to be recognized, which were attached for the stay of Empress Auguste Viktoria in 1889, have been reconstructed. Today the former saline church is used as an exhibition room for special, traveling and changing exhibitions. In addition, the former orangery was renovated in 2003 and has served as an event and exhibition space ever since.

After 2000, four new museum departments were opened in the Upper Saline. As a result of these expansions, the museum was given a new name and has since been officially called "Museum Obere Saline". Today it consists of the “Bismarck Museum” (1998) and the departments “Salt and Salt Extraction” (2007), “Heilbad Kissingen” (2007), “Toys World” (2011) and “Weltbad Kissingen” (2016) and has an exhibition area of ​​1400 m².

Museum departments

Bismarck Museum

In addition to the Bismarck apartment with its original furnishings, the Bismarck Museum also includes several exhibition rooms that deal with the life and politics of Otto von Bismarck during his stays in Bad Kissingen.

Salt and salt extraction

In 2007 the museum was expanded to include the subject of salt and salt production . The more than thousand-year history of salt production in Kissingen from the Carolingian era to 1968 is presented.

Kissingen spa

In 2007 the museum department Heilbad Kissingen was opened. In this section, the beginnings of Kissingen as a spa and medicinal bath are discussed. The various healing springs are also presented and aspects of spa medicine are discussed.

Weltbad Kissingen

In 2016 the museum was expanded to include the Weltbad Kissingen department. It shows the development of the health resort and its heyday between 1830 and 1930. In particular, the structural differences between a regional health resort and a global spa are worked out.

Toy world

After two years of planning, the Toy World museum department was opened on December 8, 2011 . The toy world is located in the attic of the Obere Saline Museum and shows children's book illustrations and hand-made toys from the Rhön region and around the world.

Special exhibitions

  • Portrait of Bismarck (June 9, 2008 - August 24, 2008)
  • Women's favorite: the bag through the ages (19.09.2008 - 01.02.2009)
  • 100 years of tin toys. Ahlert toy store collection (13.12.2010 - 06.02.2011)
  • Boards that mean the money. Advertising games and their meaning (07.10.2011 - 29.01.2012)
  • Christian Wilhelm Allers (1857-1915). Artist, globetrotter, Bismarck draftsman (14.03.2013 - 29.09.2013)
  • Health resort and war. Forgotten guests (07/30/2014 - 11/02/2014)
  • Otto von Bismarck. For the 200th birthday. Bismarck: Family-Politics Myth (May 13, 2015 - October 26, 2015)
  • The German War. July 10, 1866: The battle near Kissingen and the consequences (June 15, 2016 - October 10, 2016)
  • Barbie Stories (10/26/2016 - 02/19/2017)
  • Off on vacation. Swimwear through the ages (05/05/2017 - 10/09/2017)
  • Caricatura. Martin Perscheid (September 27, 2017 - November 5, 2017)
  • Troubled Peter. Cult figure and child fright (11/22/2017 - 03/18/2018)
  • The Saxon painter Robert Sterl. From illustrator to impressionist (03/28/2018 - 07/01/2018)
  • Gold. Silver. Weltbad. (07/11/2018 - 05/05/2019)
  • Caricatura. Michael Holtschulte (May 19, 2019 - October 13, 2019)
  • The Augsburger Puppenkiste (23.10.2019 - 03.10.2020)

literature

(in chronological order)

General

  • Peter Weidisch: Bismarck Museum in Bad Kissingen. In: Thomas Ahnert, Peter Weidisch (eds.): 1200 years Bad Kissingen, 801–2001, facets of a city's history. (= Festschrift for the anniversary year and volume accompanying the exhibition of the same name / special publication from the Bad Kissingen City Archives). Verlag TA Schachenmayer, Bad Kissingen 2001, ISBN 3-929278-16-2 , pp. 346-347.
  • Eckart Roloff , Karin Henke-Wendt: Bad Kissingen, Museum Obere Saline with Bismarck Museum. In: Visit your doctor or pharmacist. A tour through Germany's museums for medicine and pharmacy. Volume 2: Southern Germany. Verlag S. Hirzel, Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-7776-2511-9 , pp. 87-89.
  • State office for non-state museums in Bavaria (ed.): Museums in Bavaria - A guide through the Bavarian museum landscape. 6th, completely revised edition. Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin / Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-422-07382-1 , p. 44.

Publications accompanying the permanent exhibitions

  • Birgit Schmalz: Salt and salt production. (= Bad Kissinger Museum Information. Issue 1). Verlag Stadt Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen 2008, ISBN 3-934912-09-5 .
  • Birgit Schmalz: The early days of Bad Kissingen. (= Bad Kissinger Museum Information. Issue 2). Verlag Stadt Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen 2008, ISBN 3-934912-10-9 .
  • Peter Weidisch (Ed.): Bismarck in Bad Kissingen. (= Bad Kissinger Museum Information. Issue 3). Verlag Stadt Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-934912-11-3 .
  • Lothar Machtan: Bismarck and the Kissinger Dictation. (= Bad Kissinger Museum Information. Issue 5). Verlag Stadt Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-934912-19-9 .
  • Peter Weidisch (Ed.): The Salzweg - A look into the past. (= Bad Kissinger Museum Information. Issue 6). Verlag Stadt Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-934912-16-8 .

Publications accompanying the special exhibitions

  • Ingrid Buresch: darling of women. The bag through the ages. (= Special publications of the Bad Kissingen city archive. Volume 5 / accompanying volume for the special exhibition of the same name). Verlag Michael Imhof, Petersberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-86568-429-5 .
  • Peter Weidisch (Ed.): Christian Wilhelm Allers, artist, globetrotter, Bismarck draftsman. (= Bad Kissinger Museum Information. Booklet 4 / brochure accompanying the special exhibition of the same name). Verlag Stadt Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-934912-15-1 .
  • Peter Weidisch (Ed.): Post for Otto. A mail art project. (= Accompanying volume for the special exhibition of the same name). City of Bad Kissingen, Bad Kissingen 2011, ISBN 978-3-934912-12-0 .

Web links

Commons : Museum Obere Saline  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Siegfried Farkas: Museum Obere Saline Bad Kissingen: Number of visitors increased. In: Saale-Zeitung (inFranken.de). February 20, 2020, accessed July 14, 2020 .
  2. ^ Bismarck Museum. In: BadKissingen.de. Retrieved August 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Salt and salt production. In: BadKissingen.de. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Peter Rauch: Insights into the Bad Kissingen world bathing culture. In: Saale-Zeitung (inFranken.de). November 23, 2016, accessed July 15, 2020 .
  5. ↑ BadKissingen.de. In: Toy World. Retrieved July 15, 2020 .

Coordinates: 50 ° 13 ′ 18 ″  N , 10 ° 4 ′ 9 ″  E