Ströbeck Chess Museum

The Chess Museum Ströbeck is a regional museum in Ströbeck ( district of Harz , Saxony-Anhalt ).

Foundation and development

In May 1991 the only public chess museum in Germany was opened in a small half-timbered house on the chess tower . Previously Ströbeck had a lot of years Tradition Room in Gasthaus zum chess possessed. Many exhibits were collected for the museum from the traditional room, from the chess club , from Ströbeckers and also donations and loans from chess friends in Germany and abroad. When the rooms became too narrow, the old council building was expanded into a new museum in 2005 . It was opened in January 2006 and is located directly on the square at the chess game .

Fire in November 2019

In November 2019 a fire broke out in the museum building, in which some exhibits were destroyed, but the vast majority could be saved. The reconstruction and future of the museum are uncertain.

Scope of collection and exhibition

The museum mainly exhibits evidence of Ströbeck's chess tradition and chess history , such as the elector's board, costumes of the live chess ensemble , the letter of the Prussian king, the guest book of the chess club or a winning board of a student from 1828. The various chess games from different peoples in which the reflect the respective cultures, such as the Eskimo figures with igloo , arctic fox and snowy owl . Numerous films about Ströbeck can be viewed in a media room. Visitors can also take a look at a collection of chess literature in a reading room .

There is a large chess board in the museum courtyard . In 2006, artists from the Dutch cultural village left a painting on the museum wall. It depicts Ströbecker in black and white checked swimwear, looking over a wall towards the seaside resort of Wijk aan Zee .

See also

• Löberitz Chess Museum
• Swiss Chess Museum

literature

• Josef Cacek: Schachdorf Ströbeck now with a chess museum. In: Schach-Report , 1994, No. 1, pp. 31-33

Web links

• www.schachmuseum-stroebeck.de
• After fire: Ströbecker fear for their chess museum on November 19, 2019 on mdr.de, accessed on November 19, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Message at Chessbase, accessed on November 21, 2019
2. ↑ News in the local press, accessed on November 21, 2019

Coordinates: 51 ° 54 ′ 57.8 "  N , 10 ° 56 ′ 35.7"  E