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Schiefermuseum - Hermann-Söllner-Stiftung (Slate Museum - Hermann Söllner Foundation)

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not accessible
Opening Times
Open today 13:00-17:00
Address
Lauensteiner Straße 44
96337 Ludwigsstadt

Europe, Africa, Asia and America - the whole world once learned to write on tablets from Ludwigsstadt. In the 19th century, the region around Ludwigsstadt profited greatly from the mining of the Thuringian-Franconian slate mountains. The slate museum shows interesting, informative and also mysterious facts about the "blue gold", which is good for so much more than the legendary squeaky writing surface: tools, electrical insulating plates, arts and crafts articles, raw material for industry, roof shingles and much more. But also the mining and the social history associated with it are thematised.

Last edited on 27.10.2023

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