Petersberg Museum
The Petersberg Museum is a regional history museum in Petersberg (Saalekreis) in Saxony-Anhalt . It is located in a four-sided courtyard that was a royal Prussian forester's house . The buildings were built in 1752 and are largely reconstructed today. They are under monument protection.
The sponsor of the museum is the Förderverein Erholungsgebiet Petersberg eV, which also runs an animal park directly on the Petersberg .
Exhibitions
In the main building there is a permanent exhibition about the history of the former Augustinian canons on the Petersberg and the ancestor and founder of the Saxon royal family Konrad von Wettin. The focus is on the model of the collegiate church and other buildings as they existed on the mountain around 1200. Numerous originals and replicas of contemporary documents, seals, household effects, clothing, etc. report on the rise and fall of the once so weighty pen. Another permanent exhibition on “Village handicrafts in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries” shows that the former Saalkreis has not only been agricultural production for a long time.
In the former farm buildings, an exhibition area is dedicated to the cultural and social history of the region in the 19th century. On the upper floor of the stables, which was previously used as a straw and hayloft, the political, economic and social development in the northern part of the Saalekreis during the years 1945 to 1990 is shown.
Particularly noteworthy is the historically restored bakery , in which bread is baked in a traditional wood oven on special occasions.
The Petersberg Museum offers its visitors a large number of special exhibitions and other events. Annual highlights are the special exhibitions with craft market at Easter and Christmas.
Exhibition Kraus Fandor
Since September 24, 2016 exhibits and the detailed history of the tin toy company Jos. Kraus & Co. ("Kraus Fandor") shown. The museum shows a special presentation in operable showcases in the style of machines. The exhibition room is reminiscent of a production hall from that time.
Web links
- Museum website
- Mitteldeutsche Zeitung - exhibition Kraus Fandor, article from June 24, 2012
- Tin toys in the Petersberg Museum , Spectrum Hall, September 22, 2016
Coordinates: 51 ° 35 ′ 42.8 " N , 11 ° 57 ′ 58" E