Hofgeismar City Museum
The Hofgeismar City Museum in Hofgeismar , a small town in northern Hesse in the Kassel district , is a local history museum that was opened in 1978. It has been located in four buildings on Petriplatz since 1986. The front building was built around 1800/1820 and, after 1875, served the dragoon regiment as a casino and officers' residence.
The Judaica department is the most important in Hesse after the collection of the Jewish Museum in Frankfurt am Main .
Exhibition focus
- History of the Huguenots and Waldensians
- Jewish culture in Northern Hesse
- Gesundbrunnen Hofgeismar
- Garrison history
- Guild and economic history
- Prehistory and early history
- Pottery of the Reinhardswald
- geology
- Biotopes
- Painter Theodor Rocholl
- Painter, graphic artist and sculptor Wilhelm Hugues .
- Ceramicist Rolf Weber
Publications
The museum has published numerous publications that can be bought or ordered from the museum.
Web links
Coordinates: 51 ° 29 '48.4 " N , 9 ° 22' 57.9" E