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Bergbau- und Stadtmuseum Weilburg an der Lahn

© Bergbau- und Stadtmuseum Weilburg an der Lahn
© Bergbau- und Stadtmuseum Weilburg an der Lahn
© Bergbau- und Stadtmuseum Weilburg an der Lahn

Bergbau- und Stadtmuseum Weilburg an der Lahn

address
Schloßpl. 1
35781 Weilburg
Phone
+49 (0) 6471 379447
eMail
museum@weilburg.de
Web
http://www.museum-weilburg.de/
Opening hours

Tuesday to Sunday and on public holidays

April to October: 10 am to 5 pm - November to March: 10 am to 4 pm

Winter break from Christmas Eve to the end of January, closed on Good Friday

Entrance fees
Museum + “Tiefer Stollen” (without guided tour) Adults €6, children aged 6 and over, disabled persons, students €4, family ticket €12
Sector
History; Technology
Category
Museums
Sponsor
Stadt Weilburg
Founded
1911
Focus of collection
Municipal history; Mining
Location
Kreis Limburg-Weilburg
Information

Weilburg was an important center of iron ore mining. After the mines had been closed, the museum, which had already existed since 1911, was expanded to include the first mining museum in Hesse. Machines, original equipment and pictures document mining in the region: iron ore, shale, phosphorite and marble mining and clay extraction. From the first mention in 906 until today, the arc of Weilburg history spans a chronological tour with exhibits, pictures and explanatory texts. Visitors meet Konrad, the first German king, with the Weilburg will of 918 as well as the Grand Duchy of Nassau or the first president of the Frankfurt National Assembly Heinrich von Gagern.