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Sights On the trail of culture Outdoor Activities Region & Culture Nature Health & Well-Being in the natural paradise in the princely in the land in the heart of at the Rothaarsteig Bad Berleburg of the wisents South Westphalia www.blb-tourismus.de Dear Friends of Culture! Wittgenstein is our world. It is small but beautiful, because of people lived in the past and how they worked. An important its character. The presence of the past illustrates how the cultural branch of industry was the slate mining; in Raumland you identity has influenced the landscape and the people. We would can still visit the underground mining. A few steps further like to invite you to come with us on the trail of culture. you can discover the “Bonifatius Church” which is the oldest place of worship in Wittgenstein. On the ForestSkulpturePath An outstanding sight of Bad Berleburg is the castle of the nature and art find common ground. A loom and a shoema - princes Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg. You will find more his - ker workshop can be visited in the exhibit house in Diedens - torical treasures and traditions in the 22 villages around Bad hausen. Berleburg that form a strong part of the region. Extraordinary churches, traditional museums, a time travel During a guided city-tour you will learn more about “Berne - with the countess or being on the train with the night guard borg” which was founded in 1258. In the meantime, it – there are a lot of opportunities for you to experience Witt - developed to the royal residence of the shire of Sayn-Witt - genstein and its stories of former times or of this time told in genstein-Berleburg and became a shelter for victims of reli - a different way. gious persecution. In the 18th Century it formed the centre We are looking forward to your visit! of the radical-pietistic movement in Germany. In 1708 the Church of Brethren was founded in Schwarzenau. In the exhi - Your Culture Guides, Museum Managers and the Tourism bit houses and the local museums visitors can experience how Team of Bad Berleburg n e l l A n o R : o t o h P 2 3 “Dive into former times, stories about the Castle Berleburg life in the castle, fine lead crystals and porcellain, stories about the hunt make the As a family ancestral home, the castle Berleburg guided tour through the castle a special is one of the few noble residences in Germany, event for everyone.” which has been inhabited by the same family for Heidi Dickel, cultural guide the last 750 years. This enlivenment creates the Countess Maria Esther Polyxena Princely atmosphere that makes the castle so special and von Wurmbrand-Stuppach alias Gabriele Rahrbach. Contact and information invites you to a visit. A guided tour provides r a k i B guided n i Guided Tours t n a t amongst others an insight to the ballrooms, the Christmas season, particularly the Christmas tree s Normal tour: www.wittgenstein-berleburg.net n o K : Exclusive time travel: every first Sunday of great hall, the chapel, and some of the private tour in the castle. An exclusive time travel offers o t o h the month from 3 to 4:30 pm (on request) chambers of the family of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Ber - the countess Maria Esther Polyxena von Wurm - P Infos: www.berleburger-zeitenspruenge.de leburg. brand-Stuppach alias Gabriele Rahrbach – the Contact tour takes place each month on the first Sunday Wittgenstein-Berleburg`sche Rentkammer The journey takes you to the corps de Logis, com - (reservation in advance is necessary). Additionally, Phone (+49 27 51) 93 60 10 pleted in the year 1733 and further into the social on the second Sunday you can meet her in the role [email protected] rooms up to the oldest part of the castle. There, of earl Casimir. www.wittgenstein-berleburg.net you can learn about the long family history and Adress feel the solidarity of the region and the commit - Afterwards enjoy a meal in the “Schloss-Schänke” Schloss, Goetheplatz 8, 57319 Bad Berleburg r ment for the county and its people. or take a stroll through the castle grounds – it's a Prices a k i B Adults: 5 Euro, Children: 1,50 Euro n wonderful place to rest. The perfect atmosphere i t n Groups with 20 or more: 4 Euro p. P. a t s The ambiance of the castle also offers a stylish for weddings can be found in the Orangerie in the n o Exclusive Timetravel: K : venue for concerts, organized by the Berleburg castle garden. o t Adults: 7 Euro, Children: 2,50 Euro o h P cultural community. Impressive is the advent and 4 Culture in Bad Berleburg, the natural paradise in South Westphalia 5 Schmiedemuseum Arfeld (Forge Museum) Modellbahn Arfeld (Model Railway) The forge in Arfeld was built in the middle of the 19th century and expanded The model railway in Arfeld is a great world in a around the turn of the century with a wheelswright's workshop and a water miniature version full of regional charme. In the wheel made of metal. The power of water to the inner transmission was beginning the Edertal-railway was driving through Photos: Ron Allen transferred via a wire rope. For that time a modern facility. The forge pro - Arfeld from 1911 to 1981. In the year 2000 the vil - n duced carts made of steel and wooden construction as well as agricultural lage had its 1200th anniversary. For that event the e l l A n equipment, both under one roof. To shoe oxes, cows and horses was part of model railway friends built the local section of the o R : o t the daily work as well. Edertal-railway of the 1960th on a scale of 1:87. o h P Great ideas When the forge was closed in 1970, the village’s history club took over In the following years the railway grew. On 20 square metres you can now also find the open hours: Opening hours: April to October, guided tours every first the building. The people of Arfeld spend countless hours, repairing and beautiful landscape of the Schwarzwald, highmountains in the Allgäu, and from the new inO ctobmer to Aiprnil, thiea firtst Suundraye of the and third Saturday from 10 to 12 o’clock restoring the forge, wheelwright, tools and machines. In 2004, an annex, the parts to the oldparts of the town. Especially the volume of traffic is impressive: Up to 20 month from 11 to 17 o’clock an on appointment. In december it is open the Contact Arfelder Hammer, was recreated according to its original drawings. trains drive at the same time and on the streets you find many cars. With that amount of first Saturday due to the christmas market Heimatverein Arfeld Handicraft and agriculture equipment are exhibited on the upper floor. traffic it is no wonder that there are accidents – that is why you will also see the fire brigade. Andreas Becker, phone (+49 27 55) 96 92 22 And the rail operation has a lot to do – 20 steam engines have to be coaled, purified and Contact [email protected] Today the forge is a listed building and is well watered … Modellbahnfreunde Arfeld www.heimatverein-arfeld.de Heinz-Georg Spies, phone (+49 27 55) 6 84 worth a visit – especially because the visitors can www.modellbahnfreunde-arfeld.npage.de Adress try forging something. Also the forge is used as a Many technical finesses ensure surprises and make the visit at the model railway fun. The Arfelder Schmiede Adress wedding room of the registry office Bad Berleburg. exhibition area is not only for children, adults love it as well. But nobody has as much fun Arfetalstraße 13, 57319 Bad Berleburg Alte Schule as the model railway friends, who always create plans for new landscapes. Kreuzstraße 6, 57319 Bad Berleburg Prices Adults: 1,50 Euro Prices Children: 1 Euro Adults: 3 Euro, Children: free entrance A real 6 Culture in Bad Berleburg, the natural paradise in South Westphalia 7 Hammer Heimathaus Diedenshausen (Historical Village Museum) Alexander-Mack-Museum Pilgrimage of As the only golden village in Siegen-Wittgenstein Diedenshausen has a very The Alexander Mack Museum in the Hüttental above Schwarzenau, is a place special sight. The local history club took an old shed, a hen coop and turned of significant local history and at the same titmeh ae cenPtre of intieerntatiosntal s it into a new local exhibit house. On the ground floor visitors can see tradi - encounters. In addition to the religious historical past, the history of Schwar - tional craftsmanship with a working loom and the workshop of a shoemaker. zenau and the peasant stockpiling are documented and represented in the Also you find the local archives and the library. On the first floor you can museum. see the history of clockmakers since 1770. Every year there are three to four changing exhibitions about craftsmanship, cultural or historical themes. Through the settlement of faithful refugees in the 17th and 18th century Schwarzenau experienced a remarkable development. Because the former The memorial which reminds of the great son of the village is another great ruler was known for his tolerance in religious matters. So he granted french Highlight in sight: Johannes Althusius (1562 –1638), who’s family were farmers, became Huguenots and Separatists a new home in Schwarzenau. Open hours a constitutional law expert. With his main work “Politica” he is known as Open hours Second Sunday of Geach montho frolmd 14 dto 1o7 or’clfock the most important political theoretician of the Calvinism and also as the Alexander Mack, who moved from „To experience history and culture with all sences – First Sunday of the month from 14 to 17 and on appointment this is my passion.