In 1945/46, more than 10,000 displaced persons from the Sudetenland found a new home in Memmingen. Most of them came from the Jägerndorf district and from Freudenthal in the Altvater Mountains. The...
The local history parlour presents "altes Ziag" (old objects), rural crafts and rural life. It also displays nativity scenes, flax and linen, tells house stories from Niederstaufen and introduces the...
The colourful world of puppet theatre awaits the visitor here: marionettes, rod and shadow puppets as well as hand puppets from Europe and Asia, but also posters and musical apparatus. 60 years of...
The holy Franciscan Sister Crescentia Höß (1682-1744) was venerated even during her lifetime. The memorial set up in the monastery conveys an impressive picture of this woman from Kaufbeuren and the...
More than 18,000 models from what is probably the largest H0 model collection in the world provide an insight into the history of cars, aviation, aerospace, seafaring and railways in the Minimobil...
The "largest man-made railway embankment in the world" was built near Röthenbach in the middle of the 19th century and is said to have even changed the weather conditions in the village. The...
The "Seven Swabians" from the story of the same name by the poet Ludwig Auerbacher (1784-1847) usually come across as rather clumsy. However, the people of Türkheim didn't take offence and even...
The Weilerer Kornhaus, built in 1791, was once a supply centre for the people of the market town, saving them from physical hardship. Today, the Kornhausmuseum (Kornhaus Museum) serves cultural and...
In a farmhouse dating back to the 17th century, the Nonnenhorn Museum Association exhibits objects relating to rural life 200 years ago and to village life. Above all, crafts are represented by...
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