Museum Oberschönenfeld
The Oberschönenfeld Museum (formerly the Schwäbisches Volkskundemuseum Oberschönenfeld ), a museum of the Swabian district , is located in the former listed economic buildings of the Cistercian Abbey Oberschönenfeld (municipality of Gessertshausen ), about 15 km southwest of Augsburg in the Augsburg - Western Forests Nature Park . It was founded in 1984 as the "Swabian Folklore Museum Oberschönenfeld". The regional focus museum shows the everyday life of the population of Bavarian Swabia over the past 200 years. Permanent exhibitions present history and culture, everyday life and work in rural areas with traditional testimonials, additional photos and explanatory texts. Regular special exhibitions deepen and expand the topics.
The Swabian Gallery presents works by artists from Bavarian Swabia in changing exhibitions.
The Hammerschmiede Naichen Museum with the associated Stockerhof near Neuburg an der Kammel is a branch of the museum.
history
In 1972 the Cistercian convent Oberschönenfeld gave up its agriculture because it was unprofitable. The structurally dilapidated economic buildings that were functionless were threatened with demolition. At the same time, the decision was made to preserve and renovate not only the core of the monastery but also the farm buildings as important "cultural and historical documents". In 1973, in connection with the rescue of the perennial house from Döpshofen (municipality of Gessertshausen) and its relocation in 1974 to Oberschönenfeld as a future farm museum for the Augsburg district, initial considerations arose on the use of the monastic economic buildings, which soon concentrated on museum use.
In 1976 the working group “Farmer Museum Oberschönenfeld” was established in the Heimatverein for the Augsburg district. The working group collected agricultural and handicraft tools and machines that would later form the basis of the Swabian Folklore Museum on permanent loan.
In 1980, the district administrator Hans Frei presented a "Museum program for the Swabian district", which was approved by the district council in July. With Oberschönenfeld, Illerbeuren and Maihingen , three museum focal points were planned for Swabia, whereby the museum in Oberschönenfeld was supposed to document the rural and rural cultural history of Central Swabia.
On July 21, 1982, the district assembly approved the agreement of special purpose, signed on October 7, 1982, between the Swabian district and the Augsburg district on municipal cooperation. With the support of the district, the district of Swabia built and operates a local and folklore museum on the site of the abbey , which fulfills overall Swabian objectives and at the same time regional tasks for the district. Also on October 7, 1982, the lease between the Oberschönenfeld monastery and the Swabian district was signed.
The first permanent exhibition "From handicraft to machine" was opened in 1984 in the former sheepfold of the abbey (today visitor center). In 1991 the exhibition "From living in the country" followed in the building "Folklore Museum" and in 2003 the exhibition "Celebrations in life - customs throughout Year". In 2018 the permanent exhibitions in the "Folklore Museum" were redesigned and at the same time the name was shortened from "Swabian Folklore Museum Oberschönenfeld" to "Museum Oberschönenfeld" as a generic term for the three exhibition buildings: Visitor Center, Folklore Museum and Swabian Gallery.
Visitor center
The exhibition area in the visitor center offers basic information on Oberschönenfeld, the surrounding landscape, the region and the museum in nine thematic units. With the help of numerous originals as well as exciting media units and hands-on stations, you can find out interesting facts about the oldest Cistercian abbey in Germany, about the historical background of Swabia and funny things about Swabian stereotypes. In addition, there are insights into the tasks of the museum as an exciting prelude to the museum visit.
Folklore Museum
Tradition and upheaval
Changing rural life
On the upper floor of the Folklore Museum, a tour through the living room, kitchen, chamber and stables makes it possible to experience everyday life in rural Swabia from 1900 onwards. The focus is on the rapid change that people experienced around 1960/70 in many areas of everyday life and that fundamentally changed people's lives and traditions, work and economy. Quotes and audio stations in which contemporary witnesses have their say bring the past to life.
Changing monastery world
Oberschönenfeld Abbey can look back on an eventful, over 800-year history. On a tour of the chapter house, cell, treasury and work room, visitors can trace the everyday life of the nuns in the past and present. You will experience how the constant rhythm between prayer and work has shaped everyday life in the monastery for centuries to this day. But life in the abbey is not spared from technical progress and change.
Stories from Swabia
In the attic, stories from Swabia tell of its eventful past from 1800 to the present. The work and leisure culture is illuminated as well as the difficult war years, which also left many traces in the everyday life of the people in Swabia. To conclude, the exhibition asks about images of home that have shaped and shaped the region.
Swabian Gallery
On February 7, 2003, an earlier barn, built in 1743, was given its new purpose as a gallery of modern Swabian art. The program includes retrospectives with works by Swabian artists from the past and the present, as well as exhibitions on thematic focuses and artistic techniques.
Awards
literature
- Beate Spiegel, Elisabeth Plößl (ed.): Swabian Folklore Museum 1984–2009. Collected from 25 years . Gessertshausen 2009 (series of publications by the museums of the Swabian district, 44). ISSN 0935-4433
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Prize winners. In: Bavarian Museum Prize. Bavarian State Office for Monument Preservation, accessed on January 22, 2020 .
Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 44.2 " N , 10 ° 43 ′ 35.3" E