Stefan Fadinger Museum

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Stefan Fadinger monument in front of the St. Agatha community center, 2011
The Stefan Fadinger Museum in the St. Agatha community center, 2011

The Stefan Fadinger Museum is a museum in St. Agatha in Upper Austria , which is primarily dedicated to Stefan Fadinger , the most famous leader of the Upper Austrian Peasant War of 1626. A section of the museum deals with the history of Colonel Captain Christoph Zeller in connection with the events surrounding the Peasant War.

history

Because Stefan Fadinger had owned a stately yard in the village of Parz, in today's municipality of St. Agatha, the municipal council of St. Agatha decided to dedicate a museum to the prominent son of the municipality. The museum association Stefan Fadinger, which was founded in 2006, provided a major impetus for founding the museum .

The museum project was realized in the course of the construction of the new community center in St. Agatha. On May 24, 2009, the Stefan Fadinger Museum, located in its basement, was opened together with the new community center. As a reference to the museum, a life-size iron sculpture of the peasant war leader Stefan Fadinger was placed in front of the community center. The figure was created jointly by three local artists: Ludwig Eichinger, Alois Hintringer and Benjamin Fattinger.

The memorial culture around the person of Stefan Fadinger, which has long existed in St. Agatha, culminates in the museum, which was opened in 2009. In the vicinity of the place there is a peasant war memorial at the Stefan-Fadinger-Hof with the Fadinger linden tree and the Fadingerkapelle as well as a sculptural group of four peasant warriors on the square in front of the local Raiffeisen bank. In 1974 the "Stefan-Fadinger-Bauerngruppe St. Agatha" was founded. In 1976, an amateur play group from St. Agatha performed the peasant war game "So will God be gracious to us" (with the main character Stefan Fadinger) for the nationwide 350-year commemorations. In 1981, 1990, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2014 this performance was repeated in St. Agatha. From 1990 there was a small exhibition about the peasant war period in St. Agatha in the Stefan-Fadinger-Hof. On the occasion of the 380th anniversary of “OÖ. Peasant Wars 1626 in St. Agatha ”in 2006 a commemorative medal with the portrait of Stefan Fadinger was minted.

The museum

The museum primarily examines the life of Stefan Fadinger and everyday life in the 17th century at the time of the Upper Austrian Peasant War. One area of ​​the museum is dedicated to Stefan Fadinger's brother-in-law, Christoph Zeller, who ran a tavern in St. Agatha from Haibach on the Danube and, as colonel captain, was also Fadinger's comrade on the side of the rebellious farmers. The Stefan Fadinger Museum is particularly dedicated to the culture of remembrance around the person of Stefan Fadinger, with supra-regional examples, such as street and square names in various cities and towns, being documented. A film that presents the historical dates of the Peasant War, audio stations and modern museum technology offer a contemporary museum experience. The museum also houses a small library dedicated to its subject area.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kulturland - Fadinger Museum in St. Agatha Article in the church newspaper of the Diocese of Linz on June 10, 2009
  2. ↑ Stefan Fadinger is now watching in front of the new community center in Agatha Article by Martin Povacz in the "OÖ Nachrichten" of June 10, 2009

Coordinates: 48 ° 23 '7.2 "  N , 13 ° 52' 41.6"  E