Museum of the City of Steyr

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Innerberger barn
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Neutor

The Museum of the City of Steyr at Grünmarkt 26 in Steyr in Austria (also City Museum Steyr ) has existed since 1913, its collections are located in the Innerberger Stadel and in the neighboring Neutor . The old name is Heimathaus Steyr .

history

A first collection had been in the community school building on the promenade since 1890. After it was taken over by the city, the collection first moved to the town hall (opening May 31, 1895) and then in 1898 to the newly built industrial hall. After a municipal council resolution of July 26, 1912, the final location in the Innerberger Stadel was determined. The opening was on July 25, 1913. The city had acquired the Renaissance warehouse building in 1908 from the Waffenfabriksgesellschaft. In 1913 the museum association acquired 450 stick puppets from Steyr hiking cribs that had existed since the middle of the 19th century . Since 1924 the Steyrer Kripperl , which is also located in the Innerberger Stadel , has been used from Advent until after Dreikönig . The Heimathaus was partly furnished by donations . The most important was that of the Lamberg's "doll collection" by Countess Anna Lamberg (-Werndl) in 1915. The years of the Second World War brought great damage. After extensive renovation and reconstruction work, however, the house reopened on October 14, 1947. On April 3, 1950, the Upper Austrian provincial government decided on an iron museum, which the Steyr municipal council approved on April 18, 1950. It was opened on July 29, 1957. The scythe hammer behind the local history museum was donated by Josef Zeitlinger from Leonstein (municipality of Grünburg ). The Petermandl knife collection with around 500 pieces from Europe, Asia, Africa and America is located in an extension of the Innerberger barn, which provides access to the scythe hammer . It goes back to Anton Petermandl (1820–1901), who gave it to the kk. Technical college and research institute for the iron and steel industry in the city of Steyr . From June 4, 1971, the Heimathaus expanded its holdings with a bird collection by the ornithologist Karl Steinparz in the rooms of the neighboring Neutor and in 1973 with a farmer's forge from Unter Laussa .

Masamune sword shown in the special exhibition

In 2012, sixty samurai swords from well-known Japanese blacksmiths appeared in the Petermandl knife collection. They come from the collection of the doctor Albrecht von Roretz (1847–1884), who later bequeathed them to Anton Petermandl . Six of these swords were on display for the first time in the special exhibition Knives & Swords in the Innerberger Stadel (December 7, 2013 to May 31, 2014)

In addition to Lamberg Castle and the Working World Museum, the museum is the venue for the planned state exhibition in 2021 “Aristocracy - Citizens - Workers. The way to modern Upper Austria ”. It will present the history of the bourgeoisie and receive a corresponding new concept. The renovation work began in 2018.

Exhibitions

  • Two large cribs can be seen on the ground floor of the Innerberger Stadel:
  • On the first floor sacred and everyday objects as well as works by the steel cutter Michael Blümelhuber . The second floor is reserved for changing exhibitions.
  • An extension of the Innerberger barn houses the Petermandl knife collection with around 500 pieces from Europe, Asia, Africa and America on the first floor and a nail forge on the ground floor. Behind the barn, accessible through the extension, there is a scythe hammer adapted to the technical standards of the 18th century.
  • In the Neutor you will find the weapons room, the mineral and fossil collection Franz Ritz and the bird collection of the ornithologist Karl Steinparz .

  • Part of the Lamberg dolls collection

  • Exhibition room in the former warehouse of the Innerberger Stadel

  • The Petermandl knife collection

  • The scythe hammer

  • The weapons room in the Neutor

  • Showcase from the Franz Ritz Collection

  • Showcase of the bird collection in the Neutor

Exhibits

  • The baroque rosary altar on the first floor of the Innerberger barn dates from 1677 and was originally in the Marienkirche . The altar panel shows a garden tended and guarded by Dominican saints, in which a tree with medallions grows. In the outer circle, the medallions show depictions from the life of Jesus and Mary and in the inner circle portraits of Dominicans . In the center, Mary and the baby Jesus are enthroned on a flower. It is crowned by two angels, above which the Holy Spirit hovers in the form of a dove. In the left and right background of the picture, spiritual and secular dignitaries worship the Mother of God. Baroque tendrils form the frame. The altar was a foundation of the Rosary Brotherhood of the city of Steyr, which commemorated the battle of Lepanto .

  • The rosary altar in general view

  • Close up of the altar panel

  • The unique gospel plaque on the first floor of the Innerberger Stadel is a work by Michael Blümelhuber. The group of flowers breaking out of a piece of armored steel symbolizes love and a higher spiritual life. In 1921 the Austrian Republic awarded the work the State Prize, in 1924 it was the focus of the exhibition “Peace Movement and Peace Work in All Countries”.

  • Gospel plaque

  • The Werndl medallion in the weapons hall is a guild mark forged from gold and silver . Behind glass, it shows a representation of the Marian column on Wieserfeldplatz, also known as the knife cross. The piece dedicated to Josef Werndl (dated 1862) used to be at his regulars' table in the Gasthaus zur Blauen Kugel in Kirchengasse. Werndl's OEWG built hydropower plants and in 1884 had a part of the city electrically illuminated for the Electric-Landes-Industrie-Forst and cultural-historical exhibition . As a tribute to this, the approximately 60 cm medallion was supplemented with two light bulbs. The piece has been part of the collection since the city bought it in 2007.

  • Werndl medallion

  • For comparison: The Marian column on Wieserfeldplatz

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry on Steyrer Kripperl in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
  2. ^ Museum Steyr accessed on August 22, 2012
  3. ↑ New history of Steyr (Petermandl's life data), notice in the Museum of the City of Steyr (special exhibition Knives & Swords 2013/14)
  4. ↑ New story from Steyr p. 245f.
  5. ↑ OÖN : Hannes Fehringer: Swords of the Samurais for Advent . ( Memento from December 21, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Article from November 20, 2013.
  6. ↑ Information from the Museum of the City of Steyr
  7. ↑ Kurt Daucher: Priority for the city's history: a bird's eye view must get out of the museum in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten of January 21, 2016, Supplement Steyrer Zeitung p. 29 (online) ( Memento of January 21, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  8. ↑ steyr online: Museum of the City of Steyr accessed on January 4, 2013
  9. ↑ a b Information from the museum (note on exhibit)
  10. ↑ City acquires valuable Werndl medallion (PDF; 2.3 MB) Official journal of the city of Steyr. February 2007, p. 10 (accessed March 8, 2013)
  11. ↑ Hans Stögmüller: Josef Werndl and the weapons factory in Steyr , Ennsthaler 2010 p. 227 ff Chapter: The electrical adventure

Web links

Commons : Museum of the City of Steyr  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 48 ° 2 ′ 12.5 ″  N , 14 ° 25 ′ 4.1 ″  E