Brilon City Museum
Briloner Eisenberg and Trades - City Museum Brilon was a local history museum in Brilon .
history
The museum was founded in 1983 and was initially located in the guest house . The museum was later housed in the Henning house on Heinrich-Jansen-Weg. After the renovation of the Hövener house , a number of the museum's exhibits are on display there.
House Hövener
In the late Middle Ages there was a hospice for the Holy Spirit on the site of the current house . It was destroyed by a city fire in 1742. The property initially remained undeveloped.
The Hövener house was built in 1803/1804 by the merchant Camerarius Caspar Krüper. The palais-like building is in an exposed position directly on the market in the immediate vicinity of the town hall.
In 1815 the house was bought by Charlotte Catharina Weed. Her family was active in the iron and steel industry. The last member of this family was the director of studies Wilhelmine Hövener, who lived in the house until her death at the age of 93.
exhibition
A particular focus was on mining and metallurgy . The museum also featured a dinosaur skeleton that was discovered during excavations near the village of Nehden . A total of 15 skeletons of the genus Iguanodon were found.
photos
Dinosaur skeleton
Dinosaur foot
Dinosaur replica
Model of an arable house
Bell production in Brilon
See also
literature
- Carsten Vorwig: From the Hallenhaus to the Palais. The houses of the Kannegießer, Unkraut, Ullrich and Kropff trade families during the heyday of the Brilon mountain district from the 17th to the 19th century . In: Stefan Baumeister, Katharina Schlimmgen-Ehmke (Hrsg.): Golden times. Sauerland economic citizens from the 17th to the 19th century. Klartext-Verlag , Essen 2001, ISBN 3-89861-006-3 , pp. 174-197.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 23 '36 " N , 8 ° 34' 26" E