Winkelriedhaus
The Winkelriedhaus is one of three houses in the Nidwalden Museum in Stans .
Along with the town hall and the courtyard , the Winkelriedhaus is one of the most important secular buildings in the canton of Nidwalden . It was mentioned for the first time in the 13th century in the Engelberg Monastery 's book of times. In the late Middle Ages it belonged to the Winkelried family . The Landammann Ritter Melchior Lussi (1529–1606) acquired the building in 1560 and expanded it into a stately home for 40 years. The house remained in the possession of the Lussi family for over 200 years. In 1766 it was taken over by Landammann Jost Remigi Traxler and finally in 1815 it passed to the Kayser family. In 1974 she donated the house to the canton.
From 1983 to 1991 the house was restored and since then it has housed a permanent exhibition and offers rooms for special exhibitions and a garden for events and rentals.
The permanent exhibition Reverberation and Weather in the Winkelriedhaus shows selected works from the collection of the Nidwalden Museum. This should highlight the complex possibilities of art, the historical significance and the focus of the collection. The cantonal collection of the Nidwalden Museum comprises around 16,000 object entries in the digital archive. These material objects document the cultural and art history of the canton.
Web links
- Winkelriedhaus on the website of the Nidwalden Museum
Individual evidence
- ^ Nidwalden Museum - Winkelriedhaus. Retrieved February 22, 2019 .
Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '20 " N , 8 ° 22' 21.2" E ; CH1903: 671 087 / 200920