Fichtelgebirge Museum, Regional museum in Wunsiedel, Germany.
The Fichtelgebirge Museum occupies nine buildings arranged around a medieval hospital courtyard in the town center. The collection documents regional history, local crafts, and the traditions that shaped life in the Fichtelgebirge area.
The museum was established in 1907 within the buildings of the Sigmund Wann Hospital, which dates back to 1451 when a tin merchant founded it. This heritage links the site's medical past to the region's craft and mining economy that developed over centuries.
The exhibits display regional crafts and traditional skills that visitors can watch being practiced in active workshops on the grounds. Artisans such as blacksmiths and potters continue working using historic methods, keeping local craft traditions alive and visible.
The museum occupies nine houses around the former Sigmund Wann Hospital, with the north wing holding prehistory, geology, mineralogy and mining and the south wing the regional and cultural history displays. The three workshops sit on the ground floor of the north wing. The blacksmith and whitesmith demonstrate on request or at events such as the Wunsiedler Brunnenfest, while the potter Fred Zimmermann works Tuesday to Friday mornings.
The natural history collection holds over 2,000 mineral specimens from the region, illustrating how mining shaped local life. This array of stones and crystals reveals why Fichtelgebirge was historically a center for resource extraction.
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