City and Steam Engine Museum Werdau
The City and Steam Engine Museum Werdau presents representations and models from the city and local industrial history as well as one of the largest collections of Fraureuther porcelain in Germany. In addition to the Werdau City Library , the museum is also housed in the “Baumgartschen Haus”.
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In 2003 the Werdau City and Steam Engine Museum was completely renovated. A city model provides an overview of the city with the town hall, castle and St. Mary's Church in 1628. Valuable objects testify to the origins of Werdau around 1300. In addition to the city and industrial history, the museum presents a permanent exhibition on Fraureuther porcelain , one of the largest collections in Germany .
A miniature train runs in the museum garden from May to October . There is an operational 600 HP steam engine in the original machine house . Sonderausstellungen- and events such as the IFA - Oldtimertreffen on the first weekend of May, the garden railway meeting in June or the Museum Garden in August complete the offer.
Back of the Wer Duration City Museum with an exhibit
Bust of Ernst Grube (exhibit)
Part of the steam engine in the local history museum
Fraureuther porcelain exhibition
The Baumgartsche House
The city museum building was built in 1781 as a residential building by Friedrich August Baumgarten, who later became the great-grandfather of the inventor of the first steerable airship , Georg Baumgarten .
On July 9, 1809 (at the time of the Napoleonic Wars ) it housed Jérôme Bonaparte , the youngest brother of Napoleon Bonaparte , for three days , who moved into the then small cloth-making town of Werdau with two regiments of guards, artillery and various embassy and court staff of around 4,000 people . The Werzeit city council did not know where to accommodate the discerning guest and initially offered the manor in Leubnitz as accommodation. However, Jerome Bonaparte refused this offer and felt safer in the Wergau city walls. Therefore, he was offered the "Baumgartsche Haus", the best house in town. The guest had to be entertained like a prince and all costs caused by him and his court had to be borne by the city of Werdau. The expenses exceeded the financial resources of the city and the city had to go into debt. Jerome planned to take Duke Friedrich Wilhelm prisoner from Werdau . When Jerome Bonaparte learned of the victory of the Duke of Braunschweig over the French general Junot , he fled Werdau. On July 14, 1809, the Duke of Braunschweig, Friedrich Wilhelm, cheered by the Werdau citizens, moved into Werdau.
literature
- District Office Werdau (Ed.): The district of Werdau. Interesting facts from the past and present. Geiger, Horb am Neckar 1994, ISBN 3-89264-886-7 .
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Coordinates: 50 ° 43 ′ 57.7 " N , 12 ° 22 ′ 25.5" E