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ß P + R THE MUSEUMS OF WETZLAR INFORMATIONENe THE MUSEUMS ZOB (Busbahnhof)/Bahnhof Willy-Brandt- -Straße -Kühle Platz ng fga ol Rittal W Reichskammergericht Museum The Wetzlar Stadtmuseum Palais Papius, Reichskammergericht Museum, Arena Forum Hofstatt 19 · 35578 Wetzlar Lottestraße 8-10 · 35578 Wetzlar Stadtmuseum: “Pay what you like” for individual Tel. 06441 99-4160 · E-Mail: [email protected] Tel. 06441 99-4131 oder -4140 admissions; for groups, “pay what you like” priceAm Forum re- www.museen-wetzlar.de E-Mail: [email protected] · www.museen-wetzlar.de commendation in accordance with the prices for Lotte B 49 Rich House, Jerusalem House and Viseum. tung Gießen g Opening hours: bur Opening hours: im g L tun Spinnereistraße Tuesday to Sunday: Pricech Lotte House, Viseum All three Tuesday to Sunday: Ri Herkules 49 1 1 April – 31 Oct 10.00 am – 5.00 pm B CenterJerusalem House museumsLahn/R 7 1 April – 31 Oct 11.00 am – 5.00 pm e aß Str Herderstraße r e e 1 Nov – 31 March 11.00 am – 4.00 pm Single admission: Adults 3,00 € 3,50 € 6,00 € im ß e 1 Nov – 31 March 11.00 am – 4.00 pm Glo h Albinistraße a n Bannstraße r e t rb s a Closed on 24 Dec, 25 Dec, 31 Dec and 1 Jan. ë f G lstraße o Closed on 24 Dec, 25 Dec, 31 Dec and 1 Jan. SingleDalbergstraße admission: Children 2,00 € 2,50 € 4,00 € h n h and young people 6-17 a B Lahnuferweg Sophienstraße years old, trainees, students e ß Wetzlar Viseum Breite Straße Reichskammergericht Museum Stadtmuseum and Viseum Wetzlar ra st Buderus- el The Wetzlar Stadtmuseum Group of 10Eduard-Kaiser-Straße or more adults 2,00 € s 3,00 € 4,00 € Lahnbergweg platz In

Group of 10 or more chil- 1,50Drogerie € 2,00 € Lahnbergweg 3,00 € A historic building. A modern industry. The WetzlarMoritz-Budge-Straße Viseum Müller Brückenstraße A process of adjudication of disputes in court and thus The Wetzlar Stadtmuseum opened in 1925 in the Early Middle Ages to the 19th century by way of selec- dren and young people, u f brings them both together. 14 businesses in the optical d trainees, students e m two main buildings of the former headquarters of the Dillufer to steer conﬂ icts toward peaceful resolution. After ted exhibits. precision engineering branch invite you to take a journey of H

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R g the Tithe Barn. Along with the residence of the former - Am Deutschherrenberg various cities in southern and south-western Ger- Sacred art and architectural exhibits show the import- er n e ll Lahn ß ¹ Lotte House and Jerusaleme House = one museuma K tr administrator of the Teutonic Order – what is today From room to room, a beam of light leads you through a l- rs many, the Reichskammergericht then had its seat in ance of the Wetzlar Cathedral. Among other things, ar o WaldschmidtstraßeBrettschneiderstraße rt K e s portrait of an industry with a bright future. The presentation u known as the “Lotte House” – the complex of buildings textiles, paintings, furniture and household equipment Admission is free for children under six,a severely disabled persons Speyer starting in 1527 and, after the destruction of H e ß Neustädter a r Am Feldkreuz embodies the history of the Teutonic Order in Wetzlar. of the optical foundations is followed by the demonstration t (upon presentation of disability card), teachers accompanying school illustrate aspects of craft culture and everyday life in Platz s the latter, in Wetzlar from 1689 until the end of the t r e b groups and school classes from Wetzlar schools (including district Wahlheimer Weg of legendary everyday and future applications, allowing you i e the bourgeois milieu from the 15th century to the time S Holy Roman Empire in 1806. schools). When admission is charged for events in municipal museums, V to see optics and precision engineering in a new light.Neustadt Ha o The permanent exhibition on the history of the city of in which Wetzlar was the seat of the Reichskammerge- ar g the above groups of persons receive discounts. ba e c l hs s tra a ße n Wetzlar is located in the Hostel building. Since 2010, g richt (1689-1806). Falkenstraße As a special museum devoted to legal history, the Capturing a moment in a picture, making what is small Accessibility at www.museen-wetzlar.de/Öffnungszeiten, the Tithe Barn has served, above all, as a forum for the Hainstraße Eintrittspreise, Führungen, BarrierefreiheitRosengärtchen Reichskammergericht Museum principally exhibits look large and what is far-away look nearby. For 150 years, Lahnuferweg Na highly varied special exhibitions of the Wetzlar Stadtmu- g Langgasse raße ch Exhibits drawn from local and regional industrial F e rst tig l o a items drawn from the collections of the Society for u w t engineers and physicists in Wetzlar have been spurred oner by Hauser Gasse r lle t t e n g is ch pfa r e a d seum on topics in municipal, cultural and literary history. a history – including the company history of important m b b au Pontonbrücke ll Research on the Imperial Chamber Court, as well as these dreams. Their inventions shape our perception.e B They ö n (Ende April W s K t irc Wetzlar-based businesses in the ﬁ elds of optics, iron- r bis Ende Oktober) Dom- hg a a treppe s ß s items on permanent loan from municipal collections affect how we see the world and they are changing our ever- e e K e ß a Hessenstr. tra l K The permanent exhibition is housed in the former e es e o

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Lahninsel e B ß t E r r d a s Wetzlar’s municipal collections show that people have a o r Kornmarkt t ß t r e s r traß Tel. 06441 99-4140 oder -4131 e . B Kestners n Gewandsgasse different organs of the Empire, and its signiﬁ cance erg e b n Olivengasse Dillufer aue se Abelsg. Obertorstraße lived in the region at almost all times. A represen- b Liebfr as a g Engelsg. r Eisen- Schuh Butz- E-Mail: [email protected] · www.viseum-wetzlar.de lg Güllgasse bacher for the development of legal literature and of social Lahn/R 7 h markt Gasse P ü Sandgasse tative selection of the rich ﬁ nds of excavations since M Pfannenstiels- Jäcksburg

K . r and intellectual history. Original portraits, furniture, a t Festplatz r S l the beginning of the 19th century is to be seen in the Opening hours: - r T Stadt- K Scheuneng. u Barfüßerstraße e Bachweide e f Hofsta r t m halle ll gasse ö t R Frankfurter StraOFße WETZLAR sculptures and contemporary prints are displayed. n h o s l Stadion e i s t Stadtmuseum. Tuesday to Sunday: e r r a - l Rahmengasse S R n R ra g ß i A J a e n Steighaus- s g e P s s e 1 April – 31 Oct 10.00 am – 5.00 pm s Schiller- a platz g n A platz e m Avignon- Friedensstraße lu b In currently six rooms, the “Early Municipal History” 1 Nov – 31 March 11.00 am – 4.00 pm Korn Anlage section documents the history of Wetzlar from the Closed on 24 Dec, 25 Dec, 31 Dec and 1 Jan. N daslahntal.de a u b o Brühlsbachstraße Am Wetzbach r e n F traß e r tz-S r ie -Lei d rnst S g E t r e r. e n b s s s S r tr c e a h i ße üt e e ze G ß n ra str st aße g er B e ß Kalsmuntstraße a tr Friedrich- S Dillichstraße l-

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The Lotte House museum administration, the archive of the Wetzlar ar- quality image of domestic life in both the courtly and tist Paul Klose, as well as the extensive collections of bourgeois milieus. Besides the Ordensherberge or Hostel and the Tit- graphics and original manuscripts, the Wetzlar Goethe he Barn, in 1653, a third building was added to the Society’s Goethe-Werther library. Palais Papius, Dr. Irmgard von Lemmers-Danforth complex of the Marburg branch of the Teutonic Order Collection: “European Domestic Interiors of the in Wetzlar: the house of the Order’s lay administra- Jerusalem House Renaissance and Baroque Periods” tor. The building did not get the name “Lotte House” Schillerplatz 5 · 35578 Wetzlar Kornblumengasse 1 · 35578 Wetzlar – the name by which it is still commonly known Tel. 06441 99-4131 · E-Mail: [email protected] Tel. 06441 99-4150 · E-Mail: [email protected] today – 1863, when citizens of Wetzlar established a www.museen-wetzlar.de www.museen-wetzlar.de memorial in it for Charlotte Kestner, née Buff.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe met “Lotte” in the summer Opening hours: Opening hours: Lotte House of 1772, during his time in Wetzlar as an intern at Jerusalem House Tuesday to Sunday: Palais Papius Tuesday to Sunday: Reichskammergericht. As part of the book’s auto- all year: 14.00 am – 5.00 pm 1 April – 31 Oct 11.00 am – 5.00 pm biographical background, she was the inspiration for Closed on 24 Dec, 25 Dec, 31 Dec and 1 Jan. 1 Nov – 31 March 11.00 am – 4.00 pm No less than six museums fascinate visitors to Wetz- of the domestic lifestyles of both the bourgeois the main character of “Lotte” in his earliest novel The The Jerusalem House Closed on 24 Dec, 25 Dec, 31 Dec and 1 Jan. lar‘s old town. The museums and their historical and courtly milieus, the collector soon turned her Sorrows of Young Werther. collections refl ect Wetzlar’s eventful and multi-faceted As second literary memorial, the Jerusalem House on The Palais Papius attention also to decorative arts, painting, sculpture history. Portraits of the Buff family and objects of personal use Schillerplatz, provides the counterpart to the Lotte and textiles. Thus, by the time of her death in 1984, The Reichskammergericht Museum are exhibited in the permanent exhibition of the Lotte House. Dr. Irmgard von Lemmers-Danforth Collection: “Euro- she had assembled around 450 pieces. They include the Stadtmuseum, the Lotte House, the House, as are furniture and household items typical pean Domestic Interiors of the Renaissance and Bar- In 1985, interested persons from law, scholarship and Jerusalem House and the Lemmers-Danfort collection of the 19th century bourgeois milieu. Three rooms are The building is named precisely for the legation secre- oque Periods” In 1963, she donated large parts of her collection municipal government founded the Society for Re- at Palais Papius. devoted to Goethe’s novel. In addition to international tary Karl Wilhelm Jerusalem, who lived in the house to the city of Wetzlar. Four years later, the donated search on the Imperial Chamber Court (Gesellschaft editions of Werther from the 18th to the 20th centu- as a tenant until his tragic suicide on 30 October 1772 The Palais Papius houses the extensive collection items moved into the aristocratic villa of the former für Reichskammergerichtsforschung e.V.), which set In 1987, they were joined by the Reichskammergericht ries, prints and paintings with literary motifs drawn and who would become the original model for the cha- of “European Domestic Interiors of the Renaissance assessor of the Reichskammergericht, Johann itself the aim of establishing a museum and research Museum: a museum devoted to the Reichskammer- from the novel are also displayed. In addition to the racter of Werther in Goethe’s novel. and Baroque Periods” that was put together by the Hermann Franz von Pape (1717-1793). The exhibits center. gericht or Imperial Chamber Court. The museum was fi rst printing of Werther, imitations, polemics, paro- pediatrician Dr. Irmgard von Lemmers-Danforth. were presented according to the classical principle dies and translations in the permanent exhibition give jointly founded by the Society for Research on the Im- The building in fact served as the residence of the The beginnings of the collection date back to the late of “period rooms,” each devoted to reconstructing In 1987, the museum opened in a Chamber Court visitors a feel for the sort of reception the book had in perial Chamber Court and the city of Wetzlar. In 2007, Winckler family: book printers who rented two of the 1920s when purchasing furniture for her home and the domestic ambiance of an era or an artistic style. building: the so-called “Avemannsche Haus”. Since its its time: the proverbial “Werther Fever” that took hold the Viseum Museum of Optics and Precision Enginee- rooms in the front of the house to members of the medical practice became Dr. Irmgard von Lemmers- It was Irmgard von Lemmers-Danforth herself founding, the work of the museum has been supported soon after the book’s publication. ring opened. The museum is sponsored by the Viseum Reichskammergericht and set up their print shop in a Danforth’s passion. Wanting to provide a panorama who arranged for this form of exhibition. She by a scientifi c advisory board and the Research Center building adjacent to the back. The book printer Georg was familiar with this style of presentation of the of the Society for Research on the Imperial Chamber Association. Lotte House 19th century from her visits to the former Kaiser Court of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Lottestraße 8-10 · 35578 Wetzlar Ernst Winckler (1656-1728) came to Wetzlar from Friedrich Museum in Berlin (today known as the Bode Frankfurt am Main. Tel. 06441 99-4131 · E-Mail: [email protected] Herborn in 1694, after the Reichskammergericht was www.museen-wetzlar.de moved from Speyer to Wetzlar in 1689, and he began Museum, Berlin). work as a printer in the same year. The family conti- In 1495, in the wake of imperial reform and the Opening hours: nued to run the print shop over several generations. The presentation still follows the collector’s original proclamation of “eternal peace,” Kaiser Maximilian I Tuesday to Sunday: concept since the reopening of the museum in 2012. founded the Reichskammergericht (1495-1806) as the 1 April – 31 Oct 10.00 am – 5.00 pm The literary memorial room, which was set up in 1907, Thus, the museum visit continues to take the form highest court of the Holy Roman Empire of the Ger- 1 Nov – 31 March 11.00 am – 4.00 pm features historical furniture and documents from the of a voyage through artistic landscapes and stylistic man Nation. Its task was to replace feuds, violence, Closed on 24 Dec, 25 Dec, 31 Dec and 1 Jan. 18th century. The house also contains, besides the periods, providing the public a varied and high- and the exacting of ransom payments by an orderly