How did people used to live in the villages on the Rhine? You can get an impression of this in the two-storey half-timbered house dating back to 1753 with a courtyard and oil mill. Designed as an open-air museum area within the Ried Museum site, it represents a typical farmstead in the Ried.
The first floor of the house is furnished with the original furniture of the last occupant, who died in 1993, and documents a typical living situation for the region and time. On the upper floor of the house, an exhibition shows themes of everyday village life such as clothing and popular piety. There are also small "time windows" in many places in the house that allow a glimpse into the past.
The construction of the house
The house
The present house had a predecessor, which was destroyed down to its foundations by a fire around 1753. The new house has a model-like character. The three-zone floor plan was designed with purely functional aspects in mind, arranging the living rooms around the heat source and taking into account the lighting conditions. built in 1753 as a so-called kitchen corridor house, the rural property had belonged to the Jung family since the beginning of the 18th century, who lived here for six generations. Although the family was quite wealthy - as evidenced by the size and prominent location in the village center and the family history - they did without any ornamentation. The half-timbering is simple and there were no wall decorations. When the last occupant of the house, Maria Burster, died without heirs in 1993, the house and its original furnishings became part of the museum complex.
The rooms
Until the chimney was installed in 1940, the kitchen was a so-called smoke kitchen and at that time a pure utility room for preparing food for people and animals. The kitchen also replaced the bathroom. The actual living room was the parlor. It was a place for communication, relaxation and eating, but also a room for economic activities such as small crafts, handicrafts or mending clothes. The original room was small and the beds were placed one behind the other against the wall. When the partition wall between the chamber and the parlor was moved, it may have been to create a bourgeois bedroom with double beds, a chest of drawers and a closet.
The retirement home
At the back of the house was the old people's section, which had a bedroom and its own kitchen. Before the introduction of state pensions, this was where the farm's landlords lived. The granary was used exclusively for storing fruit. An entire season's harvest had to be stored to provide food, as families were mostly self-sufficient until after the Second World War. If the harvest was poor or the fruit spoiled due to incorrect storage, there were significant supply shortages in the spring.
Öffnungszeiten
Das Riedmuseum Rastatt ist von März bis Oktober geöffnet
Fr, Sa, So und an Feiertagen: 14 Uhr bis 18 Uhr
Gruppenführungen nach Vereinbarung
Eintrittspreise
Erwachsene 4 Euro, ermäßigt 2 Euro
Eintritt frei am 1. Freitag im Monat
Führungen: 45 Euro (Mo-Fr), 55 Euro (Wochenende/Feiertage)
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