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Museum im Wehener Schloss
Museum im Wehener Schloss
65232 Taunusstein-Wehen
Wehen Castle was built around 1330 at the behest of Count Gerlach I of Nassau-Weilburg. Its current appearance corresponds to the unadorned rural baroque style that was common for representative buildings in the Nassau region in the 17th century. Throughout its history, the castle has served as a count's residence and official residence, widow's residence, hunting lodge, refugee and asylum seeker accommodation, private residence and finally as a museum.
The museum in Wehen Castle is open all year round with its exhibition on regional and everyday history. The latest version of the permanent exhibition is entitled Taunussteiner Geschichte(n) neu erzählt. It features the Gerhard hairdressing salon from the 1930s, the local bells with which the municipal servant brought the latest news from the village, town and country to the people until the mid-1960s, the cooking box that was used after 1945 to save valuable fuel, the school hall in 1900 and much more.