Wölfersheimer Energie Museum

Wölfersheimer Energie Museum

address
Seestraße 11
61200 Wölfersheim
Phone
+49 (0) 6036 973716 +49 (0) 6036 973762 +49 (0) 6036 2093
eMail
sebastian.goebel@woelfersheim.de
Web
Opening hours
Sunday
2 – 5 pm (every first and third Sunday of the month)
Sector
Technology
Category
Museums
Sponsor
Verein zur Pflege der Bergbau- und Kraftwerkstradition Wölfersheim e.V.
Founded
1991
Focus of collection
Mining; Industrial history
Location
Wetteraukreis
Information

Energy, especially its production, is currently a widespread topic of highest interest. This has always been the case in Wölfersheim. For a long time, the community in the middle of the Wetterau region was something like the region's energy center. This is where the briquette-like wet-pressed bricks, gasoline and, above all, electricity were produced from the raw material of brown coal. Many lakes in the area still bear witness to the former lignite mining area. The energy museum was created by the association for the maintenance of the mining and power plant tradition together with the municipality of Wölfersheim. The museum not only shows the mining and processing of brown coal, but also deals with modern energy. The museum is located in a place that is closely linked to the regional mining and power plant tradition, the former OVAG switch house. The museum builds a bridge between the historical energy production by means of brown coal and renewable energies.