Salzburg open-air museum

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Coordinates: 47 ° 45 ′ 6.3 "  N , 12 ° 56 ′ 42.3"  E

The Salzburg Open Air Museum is located in the federal state of Salzburg and is located about 15 km southwest of the city of Salzburg in the municipality of Großgmain (Salzburg-Umgebung district), not far from the German-Austrian border. The beautifully landscaped museum area has a size of 50 hectares and is located in a nature and plant protection area at the foot of the Untersberg .

The tax farmhouse from Pongau
Schwarzkuchl in the Abrahamhof from St. Michael im Lungau

Task, operation and museum holdings

The Salzburg open-air museum has the task of collecting, rebuilding and furnishing original, rural buildings from the federal state of Salzburg and thus documenting rural building, living and economic activity from the 15th to the 20th century. Settlement geography, house history, socio-historical and agrarian-historical considerations are decisive for which buildings are transferred to the open-air museum in order to obtain a representative cross-section of all rural-peasant house forms and social classes.

In its building complex, the museum is modeled on the five Salzburg regions of Flachgau , Tennengau , Pongau , Pinzgau and Lungau , in which different farm forms have developed over the centuries. In 2013, 109 buildings from agriculture, handicrafts, trade and industry can be viewed on the museum area, including complete farms, craftsmen's houses, inns, grocery stores, breweries, electrical works, village schools, blacksmiths, mills, sawmills, chapels, alpine huts and others. The oldest building dates back to 1442, the oldest residential building was originally built in 1482 in Ramingstein im Lungau. The extensive offer is supplemented by a number of permanent exhibitions (e.g. interactive tractor show, brewery exhibition, servants in the state of Salzburg) and temporary special exhibitions. The museum depot houses over 60,000 inventory items - from trouser buttons to combine harvesters - from rural material culture. Visitors will find refreshment in the historic “Salettl” museum tavern.

The Salzburg open-air museum is a state museum and is run by the office of the Salzburg state government as a so-called "company-like facility". Michael Weese has been the museum director since 2017. The number of visitors to the museum, which is open from the end of March to the beginning of November, is over 100,000 per season, making it the most visited open-air museum in Austria. In the 2018 season, the museum was visited by 111,000 people.

Museum train

→ Main article: Museumsfeldbahn Großgmain

In June 2010 a narrow-gauge railway was put into operation, which brings museum visitors through the area. The railway line is 1.7 km long, includes three stations and is used by two train sets.

history

The first efforts for a Salzburg open-air museum can be traced back to 1924. Julius Leisching , the director of the city museum "Salzburg Museum Carolino Augusteum" (SMCA, today Salzburg Museum ) brought the establishment of an open-air museum in the palace gardens of Hellbrunn into discussion. But it was not until a few decades later that the house researcher Kurt Conrad , who has been custodian for folklore at the SMCA since 1972, began with the concrete planning for an open-air museum. With the leasing of suitable land by the city and state of Salzburg, the construction of the open-air museum could begin. On December 21, 1978, the landowner, Friedrich Mayr-Melnhof , leased a 50 hectare plot of land to the City and State of Salzburg for a symbolic annual lease of 1 Schilling (= EUR 0.073) for 99 years. Construction began in 1979. On September 29, 1984, the Salzburg open-air museum with 22 objects at that time was opened in the presence of Federal President Rudolf Kirchschläger . Kurt Conrad became the first director. In 1986 the open-air museum was spun off from the SMCA and became an independent state museum under the sole ownership of the State of Salzburg. In 1988 the Salzburg folklorist Michael Becker took over as director. Under his leadership, the museum became a lively meeting place: Folk cultural events, traditional handicraft demonstrations and theme days attract many visitors and contribute significantly to the high level of awareness of the Salzburg open-air museum. Michael Weese, previously Scientific Director of the Burgenland State Museum, has been the new director since February 1, 2017. The three millionth visitor was welcomed in August 2018.

Awards

literature

  • Michael Becker, Monika Brunner-Gaurek: Guide through the Salzburg open-air museum. Publications of the Salzburg Open Air Museum Volume 18. Salzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-9502797-2-6

Web links

Commons : Salzburger Freilichtmuseum  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rainer-Keusche im RegiowikiAT accessed on April 4, 2019
  2. ↑ press. Retrieved April 4, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Salzburg Open Air Museum. Retrieved August 13, 2018 .