Black Forest Open Air Museum
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Open-air museums, Local museum in Black Forest, Germany
The Black Forest Open Air Museum (German: Schwarzwälder Freilichtmuseum Vogtsbauernhof) is an open-air museum located between Hausach and Gutach in the Black Forest (Germany).[2]
The museum is centred on the Vogtsbauernhof farmhouse dating from 1612, which was built on this site.[3] Other buildings from the Black Forest have been dismantled, transported to the museum and reassembled. The museum has attracted over 16 million visitors since its opening in 1964.[1]
Attractions[edit]
There are six fully furnished farmhouses:
- Vogtsbauernhof – built on the site, elevation 260 m, in 1612. Inside is an exhibition of typical work carried out by travelling craftsmen.
- Hotzenwaldhaus – from Hotzenwald, elevation 920 m. Built in 1756. Exhibition of Black Forest textile handicraft.
- Falkenhof – from the Dreisam Valley, elevation 530 m. Built in 1737. Exhibitions are on dairy and livestock farming in the Black Forest and a comparison of historical and modern light sources.
- Schauinslandhaus – from Schauinsland, elevation 1,100 m. Built in 1730. Exhibition of woodworking craft.
- Hippenseppenhof – from Furtwangen-Katzensteig, elevation 920 m. Built in 1599. Exhibitions on clocks and traditional costumes of the Black Forest.
- Lorenzenhof – from Oberwolfach in the Kinzig valley, 350 m. Built in 1608. Exhibitions of forestry management and glassblowing and a collection of regional stone and minerals.[4]
Other buildings include a day labourer’s cottage (1819) and outbuildings including a mill (1609), a sawmill (1673), barns, stalls, a chapel (1736), a storehouse (1601–1746) and a granny house (Leibgedinghaus,1652).
Around the buildings are farm animals and a herb garden with over 130 medicinal herbs. Demonstrations of exhibitions illustrate the crafts, tools, customs, traditions, work and lifestyle of former times.[5]
History[edit]
The museum opened in 1964, founded as the first open-air museum in Baden-Württemberg. Key events in the museum’s history are:
- 1963 Foundation of the museum and beginning of restoration of Vogtsbauernhof farmstead
- 1964 Opening of Vogtsbauernhof farmstead and its outbuildings
- 1966 Opening of Hippenseppenhof farmstead and its outbuildings
- 1972 Opening of Lorenzenhof farmstead
- 1980 Opening of Hotzenwald farmstead
- 1982 Opening of Schauinsland farmstead
- 1996 Museum is transferred into an enterprise
- 1999 Opening of Falkenhof farmstead
- 2002 Opening of Day labourer’s Cottage “Wirtstonis”
- 2006 Opening of the new Reception building
- 2010 Opening of the new Adventure playground
- 2014 Opening of the Gutach Freilichtmuseum railway station[6]
Visiting[edit]
The museum is open daily from the end of March until early November. It claims to be the most visited open-air museum in Germany and one of the most visited throughout Europe, with more than 250,000 visitors a year. Since its opening, the museum has attracted over 13.5 million visitors.[6]
Photo gallery[edit]
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The Vogtsbauernhof is the only farm in the museum which is still standing in its original location.[3]
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Inside the Vogtsbauernhof
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Inside the Vogtsbauernhof
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Inside of the Vogtsbauernhof: the scene of a wood worker
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The Vogtsbauernhof from the front
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Coordinates: 48°16′17″N 8°11′53″E / 48.27139°N 8.19806°E
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