Oederan Web Museum
THE WEAVING | Museum Oederan is a collection on Saxon weaving history in the small Saxon town of Oederan .
The museum has an exhibition space of around 1,000 square meters and an archive and museum fund of around 690 square meters. In addition to the weaving history, it shows the history of the city of Oederan and the history of the districts. The house is operated by the city of Oederan.
History of the museum
The Oederan weaving museum emerged from the local history museum (formerly objects from the antiquity exhibition) of the city of Oederan and the “historic hand weaving ” workshop .
The antiquity exhibition was a unique display of traditional city goods. It took place in October 1909. In 1909 the one-time exhibition became a permanent inventory of a local museum.
The Oederaner Bürgerverein ran the local history museum for several years. In 1925, the association gave the facility away. The town of Oederan became the new owner on January 1, 1926. From 1932 to the mid-1950s, the museum was on the third floor of the Oederaner town hall.
In 1959 the Oederaner Heimatmuseum was merged with the municipal "Museum for Workers' History". The expanded exhibition was moved to a new location on the Altmarkt (Pfarrgasse 5). Visitors were able to see a weaver's room, a cigar- making room, a Biedermeier room , a craft and guild room , a pewter and copper collection and five rooms on the socialist era and the history of the workers on around 330 square meters . A geological department was added in October 1965 .
After several stages of expansion, the museum was divided in the mid-1980s into Oederan in the Middle Ages , Weberstube, Oederan in the 17th and 18th centuries, bourgeois life and democratic movement in the 19th century, the beginnings of the Oederan workers' movement, Oederan in the November Revolution and the revolutionary post-war crisis , Struggle of the Oederaner workers under the leadership of the KPD for the defense of the rights of the working people and against the fascist danger 1923 to 1933, Night of fascism over Oederan, memorial corner for the communists and resistance fighters Johannes Mosch and Oederan from 1945 to 1980.
After the German Democratic Republic joined the Federal Republic, the exhibition was revised. It was now based on aspects of association, craft and industrial history.
At the end of the 1990s, the museum building no longer met modern standards. The city was looking for new spaces. After an unsuccessful search, a new building next to the town hall was decided in 2000. The city information, the city archive and the "historical hand weaving" should also be included in the new building.
In 2003 the future museum was named web MUSEUM OEDERAN . It thus committed itself primarily to the history of the Ore Mountains textile industry . It officially opened on January 26, 2004.
Permanent exhibitions
Weaving history
The area of weaving history begins with information on the settlement of ribbon and braid weavers in the Ore Mountains and the history of the city's cloth makers and weavers' guilds in the 15th century. The museum complex traces the development of this trade and industry up to 1990.
In the center of this museum complex is the "historical hand weaving". Here the museum relies on information that can be experienced in practice. It teaches the production of weaving yarn from wool and linen, the winding of warp and weft material on the winding wheel and machines from different eras, the warping and treeing of warps for the looms and tools in different weaving techniques.
The museum's holdings include simple high looms, flat looms with counter-tension, spring-tension and counter-marching devices from the former Oederaner hand weaving mill Simon and through new acquisitions. You can work on the jacquard loom and the dobby. The hand-weaving department is characterized by the most varied types of hand-looms.
As a completely new area, the mechanical looms in the training workshop of the Oederan linen union were reconstructed and installed in the weaving room. The development of weaving technology from 1920 to 1976 can be seen on the devices from this former factory. Three looms are made in Saxony and work with shuttle weaving technology. Two looms come from the Czech Republic. With them, the weft thread is inserted with compressed air. With this technology, an entire weaving department, the winding, was saved. In the museum's mechanical weaving mill, a Schönherr Oberschläger, a shovel shaft machine, a TES 4200 weaving machine and jet weaving machines can also be shown. With the latter, bed linen fabric was manufactured in the Oederan laundry union until 1992.
City history
The exhibition on the history of the city goes back to Oederan's development. It provides information about the economic, cultural and political history of the city.
The focus of the cultural and economic history are the educational institutions of the city, mining, church history, the postal, health and judicial systems, the history of the local guilds and industrialization with the settlement of craft businesses in the station area. The development of the Oederaner clubs takes a large part.
In the area of political history, the history of Oederan in times of political crisis is particularly discussed.
The area of city history is supplemented by an extensive pewter collection. Utility and guild pewter is shown.
Changing exhibitions
Changing special exhibitions on various topics take place on the top floor.
deals
Weber forum Oederan
The Weberforum Oederan is an important platform for hand weaving in central Germany and extends beyond these borders to Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands. The first Weber Forum took place in 2006. Since then it has been held every two years. The forum includes lectures, workshops and a trade fair with recognized lecturers and suppliers for hand weaving.
Courses
Textile courses
The museum offers weaving, spinning and textile courses. In the last few years the basic weaving course “From the weaving theory to the finished fabric”, the advanced weaving course “From the draft to the finished warp”, the spinning course, “Wool processing” and weaving courses with weaving boards and mobile weaving device as well as “Patterns through grosgrain weaving”, “Weaving with color intertwining ”among others.
Printing courses
Employees of the Volkskunstschule Oederan offer printing courses in the museum. The participants type metal and wood letters by hand. The printing is done on a Boston platen printing press. Different documents can be printed, such as letterhead, business cards, posters or books. On the one hand, there are courses that take on the participants' own ideas, on the other hand, fixed projects are offered. The print shop's products are also sold in the museum shop.
Museum educational offers
The museum educational offers are based on the Saxon curriculum. The following topics are offered:
- 3rd class "From ball of wool to fabric",
- 5th grade "On the ancient art of crosshairs - weaving",
- 6th grade "Excursion to a medieval city",
- 8th grade "A century full of changes - Oederan and industrialization".
Lack of laundry
The museum has a fully functional cold wash machine from Paul Thiele from Chemnitz. The mangle can be operated by museum visitors themselves. But it is also possible to hand in laundry for ironing.
literature
- Werner Ulbricht: Contributions to the history of the city of Oederan 1190-2007. Volume 4, Oederan 2009, pp. 267f.
Web links
- Entry in museum database
- Entry in the state portal
- Entry in the monastery district business directory
Coordinates: 50 ° 51 '42.44 " N , 13 ° 10' 4.35" O