Museum in the painting house

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View from the quay to the Malhaus (2008)

The museum in the Malhaus is a museum of local history and writers on the shores of the Wasserburg peninsula (Lake Constance) at the port and landing stage of the Lake Constance shipyard .

Coat of arms of the Fugger from the lily

history

The listed painting house was built in 1597 as a two-story saddle replica with a curved gable. In the construction of the court building and prison of the Fuggers ( Fugger von der Lilie - Swabian merchant family) on the Wasserburg peninsula, the fortress walls, which are no longer strategically important, were included. They formed a strong foundation for the two-and-a-half-story building, which was erected on an almost square floor plan, and can still be seen today. Five prison cells and a room for the guards were set up on the ground floor, and a courtroom on the first floor. This room has a flat vaulted so-called "Lindau ceiling" - with the characteristic linden leaves at the ends of the round beams.

The "Wasserburg witch trials" were held in this courtroom between 1655 and 1664 by the Fuggerian lordship of Wasserburg (today's Lake Constance communities Wasserburg, Nonnenhorn and Bodolz).

In the 18th century the building provided space for monks and later school classes.

Since 1979 the Malhaus has housed a local and local museum. Alfred Schmiedinger was the first museum director responsible for the exhibitions from 1979 to 1991.

The building on the Wasserburg peninsula was renovated in 1978/79 and again in the spring of 1994 on behalf of the municipality of Wasserburg. In the course of the roof and facade renovation in 2011, the shutters were repainted with the colors gold and blue from the Fugger coat of arms.

Exhibition content

Spread over three floors, different areas of knowledge are presented as a permanent exhibition in the Malhaus:

  • Fishing: fishermen, fish and birds on Lake Constance
  • Martin Walser : Childhood and youth in Wasserburg
  • Witch persecution: witch trials and cells in the Malhaus
  • Horst Wolfram Geißler : Honorary Citizen of Wasserburg

In addition, changing special exhibitions are presented here:

  • 1979: The Wasserburg painter Franz Löffler (1875–1955)
  • 2008/2009/2010: "Witch persecution under the Fugger rule in Wasserburg"
  • 2011/2012: "Strong Tobacco - Foray through the world of tobacco"
  • 2013: "Children's dreams - technical toys"
  • May 1 to October 23, 2016: "Local fruit growing - yesterday and today"

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The witch hunts in the Fugger rule Wasserburg (Manfred Tschaikner; PDF, 4.2 MB)
  2. ^ Renovation of the Malhaus, Wasserburg

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Coordinates: 47 ° 34 ′ 0.3 "  N , 9 ° 37 ′ 47.6"  E