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At the crater's rim

Views of Swabian-Franconian villages by Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell

24.04.2026 - 07.02.2027 ,
Museum KulturLand Ries (Museum KulturLand Ries)

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Time and again, his family connections led Albert Meyer (1881–1948), a native of Munich who had made Gröbenzell his home, to the crater rim and the foothills of the Nördlinger Ries. Over a period of more than 30 years, he created more than 70 views of local scenes using various drawing, painting and printmaking techniques – visual records of the border region between Bavarian Swabia and Middle Franconia. For the first time, the exhibition brings together motifs from between Hesselberg and Harburg, Wörnitz and Wemding, drawn from Albert Meyer’s oeuvre comprising more than 680 works.
A catalogue of the same name, limited to 500 copies, is being published to accompany the exhibition (€16.00).

Last edited on 04.05.2026

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Auhausen, view of the former monastery church, coloured pencil and gouache (opens enlarged image)
Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell, Auhausen, View of the former monastery church, coloured pencil and gouache, undated © Urheber: Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell. Photo: Matthias Meyer
Dinkelsbühl, Rossbrunnen, gouache (opens enlarged image)
Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell, Dinkelsbühl, Horse Fountain, gouache, undated © Urheber: Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell. Photo: Matthias Meyer
Wemding, Mangoldstraße at night with a view of the Kreuzwirt and St. Emmeram, oil on hardboard (opens enlarged image)
Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell, Wemding, Mangoldstraße by night with a view of the Kreuzwirt and St. Emmeram, oil on hardboard, 1944 © Urheber: Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell. Photo: Matthias Meyer
Wemding, Langgasse, watercolour (opens enlarged image)
Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell, Wemding, Langgasse, watercolour, 1943 © Urheber: Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell. Photo: Matthias Meyer
Wemding, Langgasse, coal, white-topped (opens enlarged image)
Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell, Wemding, Langgasse, coal, whitewashed, 1943 © Urheber: Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell. Photo: Matthias Meyer
Harburg, Flood Bridge, etching (opens enlarged image)
Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell, Harburg, Flood Jetty, etching, undated © Urheber: Albert Meyer-Gröbenzell. Photo: Matthias Meyer

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The Nördlinger Ries, a unique meteorite crater in the north of Bavarian Swabia, lies in the immediate vicinity of the Swabian Alb and southern Middle Franconia. The Museum KulturLand Ries is located...

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