Sparkasse Museum (Eisenach)

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The Sparkasse Museum in the Wartburg city of Eisenach is a special museum and an archival collection of the Wartburg Sparkasse in Thuringia .

location

Building view

The museum is located in the administration building at Rennbahn 6 . The museum automobile world eisenach is in the immediate vicinity .

history

The establishment of the first savings banks in the Grand Duchy of Saxony-Weimar-Eisenach goes back to an initiative of the Duchess Maria Pawlowna . Its original aim was to improve the financial possibilities of the common people and to counteract the evil of usury .

exhibition

The exhibition conveys the history of the savings banks in the Wartburg region from 1822 to the present day in interaction with political and economic history. There are numerous show objects u. a. a historic savings bank safe, replicas of a savings bank counter from the mid-19th century and a GDR counter are shown. The exhibition is completed by numerous showcases, display boards and the non-public “historical archive” with electronic user space.

Visiting the exhibition is only possible after registering for a guided tour at the Wartburg-Sparkasse in Eisenach.

In the part that is accessible to the public, the 188-year history of the Sparkasse in the Wartburg region is presented on eight display boards with four thematic main chapters in the context of political history.

The four main chapters are:

  • Modest beginnings and establishment (1822–1914)
  • Trials and tribulations (1914-1945)
  • New beginning after World War II and Sparkasse in the GDR (1945–1990)
  • Peaceful Revolution and Unity / Modern Present (from 1989)

literature

  • Gerd Bergmann: Eisenacher coins. In: Eisenach writings on local history. Issue 17, Eisenach 1982.
  • Gerd Bergmann, Kurt Boessiger, Günter Hilke: Eisenacher emergency money. In: Eisenach writings on local history. Issue 45, Eisenach 1990, ISBN 3-910057-45-4 .

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Coordinates: 50 ° 58 ′ 47.1 ″  N , 10 ° 19 ′ 28.3 ″  E