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The Wolfacher Heimatmuseum was opened in 1937 and is one of the oldest in the region. In a complex renovation project, the rooms were largely restored to the state of construction of the castle (1671 - 81). The visitor now gets an impression of the beauty of this former festival hall of the former lords of the castle. The Wolfacher Stadtgeschichte exhibition has been completely redesigned. Special showpiece is a model of the city of 1560. Looking into the medieval dungeon inside the 'hunger tower', some visitors still have goose bumps on their backs. In the former castle kitchen the Kinzig rafting is housed as an independent department. This traditional trade, once a Wolfacher privilege, is represented by woodcutting to rafting itself and ancillary trades such as wieden making. Also Reisemitbringsel the raftsmen are to be seen. A film explains the hard work of the raftsmen, whose profession was made superfluous 100 years ago by the railway.

Wolfacher Schloss is one of the largest castles in central Baden with its 110-meter-long façade. Its origin probably goes back to the time around 1180. From 1671 to 1681 it was given its present form under Landgrave Maximilian Franz von Fürstenberg. At that time u. a. the magnificent portal at the entrance of the large courtyard. After the early death of the builder, the shell in the shell was not completed according to the original plans, but expanded to simple offices for the count officials. Even today, it is mostly home to administrative offices of county and state authorities. The castle hall in the right wing is used for events.

In the town center, next to Steinach's landmark, the half-timbered house Schwarzer Adler is the home and small distillery museum, which celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2001.The focus of the museum are the small distillery, local beer brewing industry, history, customs, minerals, crafts and peasant life , There are also seasonal special shows to visit.

Alter Bauernspeicher was transformed into a museum of local history In order to save the Schwendseppenhof's storage in Welschensteinach from decay, it was completely renovated in 2001 using the old techniques. The masonry consists of rubble stones that have been grouted with clay. The basement ceiling was clad with clay wrap and the roof covered with straw. The from the 18. Century fruit box is quite well preserved. It was later added, the store itself is much older. He is now to serve as a museum, in which all that will be seen what peasant life in Welschensteinach previously included: forgotten agricultural equipment and tools, household items and work clothes, as well as the local costumes. Also religious pictures and objects and things from the school and club life are exhibited.

The museum in the manor houses many treasures - including a black tourmaline from his native climes. The crystal shawl was made by honorary citizen and mayor aD Manfred Kienzle secured the construction of the Sommerberg tunnel in 1991. The former Hausacher Rathauschef is a hobby general and had at the time the miners at the beginning of the construction of the summer mountain tunnel in July 1991 asked to pay attention to possible special finds. That was a great wish in the speedy work. Because Kienzle would have been added only a few minutes later - the magnificent chunk would now be embedded in a dam. But the luck was the collector hold. The ingrown Turmalinkristalle - the black variety is called Schörl - arrange radially radial to a 'sun'. They are up to 56 cm long and up to 3 cm wide. The step comes from the western tunnel area, about 50 meters from the mouth hole. Prof. Gregor Markl from the University of Tübingen speaks of a rare piece, probably the largest find to date in Europe.

How did the fire brigade extinguish a fire around 1900 with the technical possibilities of the time? And how has the fire department developed? You can see that in the fire department museum Hausach. The fire department museum of the volunteer fire department Hausach is housed in two buildings. While the Feuerwehrgerätehaus offers insights into the work of the Hausacher fire brigade since its foundation in 1892, the Furhpark is housed in the stadium hall with its historic vehicles and syringes. Around 200 years of fire extinguishing can be seen here. A photo gallery and the historical documents bear witness to this. Underground hydrant of 1935, 1936 Volksgas mask, suction hose coupling of 1890, spire, hose hanger and door handles of the old fire brigade, the development of wood, tin and jute pails used in fire extinguishers, use and dress uniforms, old ones Fire helmets, lighting equipment and the development of the alarm receiver and tools - all this can be seen in the Fire Brigade Museum. It also remains exciting in the second part of the museum, in the stadium hall at Tannenwald. There the wagons and vehicles are housed. Still fully functional: no matter if the 1922 engine sprayer with a drawbar for steeds or vehicles, the Einbacher Hydrophor-Fahrspritze built in 1911, or the 1901 suction and pressure piston driving syringe. The oldest displayed syringes are the portable crutch syringe from 1850 and the Abrotzspritze built in 1860. A hydrant wagon from 1918 can be admired and of course the fire engine LF15 / TS, with which even today exits are made.

Around the town of Hausach more than 60 pits, tunnels and shafts have been detected, in which miners used to search for silver and lead and often found and mined it. As a supplement to the visitor mines of the neighboring towns of Haslach-Schnellingen and Oberwolfach there is a small open-air museum in Hausach, which deals with mining. Initiated and built with the support of the city of Hausach, the complex was built by the Dorfer Erzbrüdern, an association founded in 1957 to preserve the mining history of the Black Forest town. It is shown under what difficult circumstances previously processed the ore mined. Stations are a Poche, the large smelting furnace, the linen and the forge. In addition, there is a nearly ten-kilometer mining trail, which is signposted with many interesting information about mining. Even though the most important pit in the Hausach mining district was first mentioned in documents in 1455, the Hausacher Silberbergwerk St. Bernhard undoubtedly was one of the oldest mines in the Kinzig valley. In any case, about 1520 around 300 miners are said to have worked in this company. In two Pochwerken the resulting ore was reduced in size. The castle Husen was once built not only to protect the trade route, but also because of the flourishing silver mining in the surrounding valleys around 1230. A few years later, the town of Hausach was founded due to the ore deposits. Likewise, the construction of the hammer mill (1740) as the cradle of the Hausacher industry goes back to the mining industry. The first activity of the miners was the silver mining (galena). Then one promoted mainly heavy and fluorspar and iron ore. The steadily declining yield, but above all the cheaper foreign competition let the pits gradually 'fall into the open'. In the Fürstenberg possessions, the Prince of Furstenberg exercised the highest mountain right. The list of the former Princely Fürstenberg Bergamt Wolfach leads to the year 1849 a total of 396 smaller and larger pits. Despite intensive use of the forest and numerous road construction measures, these mines and mining attempts today still find around 1,000 mining tracks, such as Pingen (funnel-shaped depression on the earth's surface resulting from the collapse of old mines), heaps, gallery holes and shafts. Around 30 mines were of considerable importance for a long time. Among them are the mines 'Blessing of God' at Schnellingen, 'Bernhard im Hauserbach', 'Archangel Gabriel' in Einbachtal and 'Clara' in Oberwolfach. There is no clear evidence of the beginnings of mining in the Kinzig valley. Celtic and Roman mining is proven for various areas in the Black Forest. A certificate for silver mining in the Kinzigtal dates from 14. July 1234. In this document, King Henry VII gave the mining rights in the Kinzigtal and other Black Forest valleys to Count Egeno of Freiburg. A direct mention of ore mines takes place only in the period 1455 - 1491. As in other Black Forest areas, the yield of the pits fluctuated considerably due to the irregularity of the veins and thus their importance. To intensify the mining, it was at the instigation of Prince Anton Egon v. Fürstenberg-Heiligenberg, who had acted as governor of Augustus the Strong since 1697 and had become acquainted with the Saxon mining industry. He prompted the Fürstenbergers in Donauschingen, Saxon mining experts to commission the evaluation of Kinzigtäler pits and corridors. Especially due to the successes in the Wittichen district, the search for ore deposits in the Kinzigtal was stimulated. In 1725, 26 mines were already in operation at Wittichen, Schapbach and Haslach. For around 100 years, that is to say until 1825/1830, the Kinzigtal now experienced numerous, albeit rarely stable, mining activities. The area of the Kinzig Valley and its side valleys has the largest number of known ore and mineral channels in the Black Forest. This is usually quartz veins, some of which have silver-bearing ores of lead, zinc, copper and antimony. From the roundabout at the entrance of Hausach West the museum is signposted.

Welcome to the Dorotheenhütte in Wolfach, the last glassworks in the Black Forest that still manufactures mouth blown glass. You can watch our glassblowers and glass grinders at work, have a look in our engraving studio and take a stroll through the large glass country presenting a great selection of decorative articles and gift ideas for a perfectly laid table. In our Christmas village adorned accordingly all year round you will enjoy the festive season‘s atmosphere – even in the midst of summer. We are looking forward to your visit!

This 360 degree shot was taken near Haslach. The old silver mine "Blessing God" in Haslach-Schnellingen is one of the most important historical mines of the Black Forest. Even in Badnerlied she is sung.

This 360 degree image was taken in front of the visitors´ mine. The pit "blessing of God" is a testimony of an 800 year old mining. On three soles in the mine silver-bearing heavy and lava flows are revealed in rare beauty. Crystals, sintered and stalactites, as almost no other visitor mine in Baden-Wuerttemberg can offer, as well as masonry and iron cleared cleats in the best preservation state, as well as historical doorstock conversions belong to the treasures of the pit.