Dollfuß-Museum, Museum in Texingtal, Austria.
The Dollfuß-Museum occupies the original birth house of Engelbert Dollfuß in the municipality of Texingtal in the Mostviertel, Lower Austria. Its five rooms held around 110 exhibits and 220 captioned photographs, including his briefcase, letters, postcards and family photos. A plaque at the entrance calls the building the birthplace of "Austria's great chancellor and renewer". The museum has been closed since early 2022.
The house was built in the 18th century and became known as the birthplace of a man who later served as Federal Chancellor of Austria during the interwar years. His time in office left a lasting mark on Austrian political history that is still debated today.
The entrance plaque calls the building the birthplace of "Austria's great chancellor and renewer" Engelbert Dollfuß, a wording that shows the site's commemorative intent. The museum grew from the initiative of the Dollfuß family line and the Schmutz stepfamily, who own the leased house and lent many exhibits. Historian Lucile Dreidemy criticised the approach as a memorial site reached by way of a museum.
The museum has been closed since the beginning of 2022, so visits are not possible; the house is leased until 2028 and is to be gradually dissolved as a museum by then. The building stands in the municipality of Texingtal in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria. A plaque at the entrance still labels it the birthplace of Engelbert Dollfuß.
Although the house is known as his birthplace, the family moved away shortly after his birth and settled elsewhere in Lower Austria. The building has been kept ever since as a place of memory, even though the family's actual connection to it lasted only a matter of weeks.
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