Lake Starnberg Museum
The Starnberger See Museum is a cultural history museum in the Upper Bavarian district town of Starnberg . It is one of the tourist attractions of the Starnberg Five Lakes Region . With the help of outstanding exhibits, it tells of the diverse uses of Lake Starnberg over the centuries. From the courtly festivals of the Bavarian ruling house, the focus of which was the magnificent ship Bucentaur (built in 1662), to the colonization of the region by Munich citizens to the simple life of fishermen and farmers, the museum shows the entire social spectrum.
History and description
The founding goes back to the museum association for the Würmseegau, association for folklore and homeland , an association of Starnberg citizens who laid the foundation for the museum in 1913. The initiative came from Dr. Martin Penzl (medical officer, community chairman and former secretary of the art collector Schack ). It was housed in the so-called Lochmannhaus, a farm and fisherman's house whose history dates back to the early 16th century. About a year after the association was founded, the museum was opened on July 9, 1914 by the first chairman of the association Richard Paulus in the presence of King Ludwig III. , Patron of the association.
When the museum was set up, the living area of the property remained almost unchanged and became part of the exhibition itself. The Gothic paneling in the so-called gentleman's room indicates that the house was owned by a Munich patrician family as early as 1520 and was obviously used as an early summer house. Later it belonged to the royal lords of Tutzing . In the early 19th century, the Lochmannhaus was known as the "Schlössl". In the basement of the Lochmannhaus lived and managed the tenants of the rural property, with fishing being an important line of business. The ancient, brick stove under the large chimney, the walls of which are still covered with soot from centuries, the room with the original furnishings from the mid-19th century and the low stable with swallow's nest and fly droppings (both from the time of management until 1911) give a vivid impression of the arduous work of the fishing family.
The former threshing floor of the Einfirsthaus was converted into exhibition rooms in 1913. In addition to two neutral rooms, a third was given the shape of a chapel. This was due to the extensive collection of sacred art objects that Dr. Penzl had already created in the decades before the museum was founded. Among them was the so-called Starnberg Saint (1755) by Ignaz Günther , who is one of the highlights of the museum collection today. Another special feature are the ceiling beams and door frames from the Starnberg Castle built into the museum rooms . They are the only remaining building relics that testify to the expansion phase of the castle in the 16th century.
In 2008 the museum was expanded to include a modern new building. With valuable bow figures and other items of equipment from stately ships, as well as the large model of the magnificent ship “Bucentaur”, it mainly houses exhibits relating to the pleasure shipping of the Bavarian ruling house . The focus is on the seven-meter-long rowboat “Delphin”. Made in 1835 for King Ludwig I , it is the only completely preserved ship in the once large Wittelsbach fleet. In addition, the larger than life bow figure “Triton” (sculptor: Rudolf Maison ) of the saloon ship “ Luitpold ” bears witness to the great times of steam navigation on Lake Starnberg.
Special exhibitions
In addition to the permanent exhibits described above, the museum offers a varied program with up to three special exhibitions per year. The main focus is on topics that are closely related to the region. For example, people and their work are presented in loose succession who lived, worked or shaped it in a special way in the region around Lake Starnberg.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Gerhard Schober: Castles in the Fünfseenland: Bavarian aristocratic residences around Lake Starnberg and Lake Ammersee . 1st edition. Oreos Verlag, Waakirchen 2005, ISBN 3-923657-83-8 (351 pages).
Coordinates: 47 ° 59 ′ 42.7 ″ N , 11 ° 20 ′ 22.5 ″ E