Museum Lübbenau - a tour

The Museum Lübbenau in the Spreewald

We were particularly impressed with our journey through the Spreewald the Museum Lübbenau. This was one of the attractions we visited during our three days in the Spreewald. We had no idea what to expect there. We were all the more surprised by what was worn there. The Spreewald Museum is located in the gatehouse on the Topfmarkt, one of the squares in the center of the small town on the Spree. The building used to be the town hall, district court, police station and even a prison before it became a museum. We are here on the museum's day off. So we have the rooms to ourselves and are guided by the curator through the exhibitions. A stroke of luck, as it turns out, she knows very well in the history of the place. And that's interesting.

 

 

 

 

A tour of the Museum Lübbenau

In a type of case, the Museum Lübbenau presents exhibits at the entrance, the perspectives of small town life in Brandenburg of the past hundred years. There are not only objects that reflect the private life of the residents, but also objects that illustrate how and what you lived on, and others that represent the economic development of the area.

In the next room, Erich Honecker's voice rings out to us from a film from the GDR era, which runs here constantly and reminds visitors of the times before the Wall came down. "Not every visitor likes that," explains the curator. "But that is just as much a part of our history as what we will see in the next rooms." For us, this is a piece of contemporary history, since our first contact with life in the GDR only took place when it no longer existed . "Visitors from eastern Germany no longer want to be confronted with this," she tells us and leads us into the next room.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is how the people of Lübbenau lived a hundred years ago

Here we step into the lives of the people from Lübbenau over the last 100 years. “Right after the fall of communism, we tried to put together things that would illustrate life in the times before,” reports the curator. One of them is a shop interior that shows what was available to buy in those days. While oranges, lemons, apples, grapes, carrots and cheese are on the counter, there are cooking pots, coffee and even carts on the shelf behind. A corner shop where you can get everything that was sold at the time.

 

 

A furrier

In the next room we finally enter the original workshop of a master furrier, whose fur coats and fur jackets seem to be waiting for buyers. There are skins from foxes and fur-bearing animals hanging on the walls, apparently waiting to be processed. And above the counter a sign promises “Only quality goods despite the lowest prices”. Above the door hang photos of members of the furrier family, who had apparently operated the trade for generations.

 

 

How shoes were made, we can also visit in the workshop. The shoe models are neatly lined up on a shelf in front of which the cobbler seems to be getting ready for a new pair of shoes.

 

 

Sorbian costumes in the Museum Lübbenau

In a showcase we see the costumes of the Sorbs, the Slavs, who have settled in the Spreewald. Beautifully embroidered top aprons, bows and ribbons with floral, stripe or lace patterns decorate the women of the Sorbs on holiday days. In the same room there is a cupboard containing the dowry of a bride: blankets, tablecloths, blankets, pillowcases, hand and tea towels, and more.

 

 

Beer brewer in the Museum Lübbenau

From here we enter the public life of Lübbenau: im Dorfgasthof We also learn about the types of beer that were served there, and over the counter hangs a Lübbenauer beer sign made of wood, on which a fish and flowers are displayed. In the corner is a metal stove, which was once the showpiece of a flat or pub in this small town in the Spreewald.

 

 

The locomotive of the Spreewald Railway, which once connected Berlin to the Spreewald, finally found its last stop in the outbuilding. If you want, you can have a look at the engine driver's control panels inside, or sit on one of the wooden benches where the passengers were transported over the tracks.

If you are interested in the history of the region and its people, you will definitely get a good insight into life in this area during the last 100 years when visiting the Spreewald Museum in Lübbenau. We think it's worth a visit.

Spreewald Museum Lübbenau
Pot market 12
03222 Luebbenau
Tel 03542 / 2472

Do you already know the Spreewald Therme in Burg? Another tip, what you can do in the Spreewald.

 

 

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Travel Arrangements:

Parking at the airport

Here you can reserve your parking space at the airport.

Arrival at the Spreewald Museum Lübbenau

For example, book your journey here by flight, bus or train*. Lufthansa and numerous other airlines fly to Berlin. From there we continue by rental car to the Lübbenau Museum. It is also possible to travel by train to Lübbenau or Lübben train station. You can reach the castle by train and bus: Timetable and booking*

Car Rentals:

Cheap Car Hire - Book Fast and Easy! *

Hotels in the Spreewald:

We stayed in the Beach house Spreewald *, Further Hotels in the Spreewald * You can also find it under this link.

Tips for the Spreewald:

Our tips for the Spreewald You can find it for example under this link.

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Source Spreewald Museum Lübbenau: On-site research at the invitation of TMB Tourismus-Marketing Brandenburg GmbH. Our opinions definitely remain our own.

Text Spreewald Museum Lübbenau: © Copyright Monika Fuchs and TravelWorldOnline
Photos: © Copyright Monika Fuchs and TravelWorldOnline