Herdecker Heimatstube, Local heritage museum in Herdecke, Germany

The Herdecker Heimatstube is a local history museum in Herdecke that displays everyday objects, tools, and photographs from the region. The collection shows how life in this area changed and developed across different periods.

The building began as a residence where the last head of the free secular foundation lived from 1791 to 1811. After the foundation was dissolved in 1812, the merchant H. Hueck bought it and built a new house in 1815 on the old vaulted cellar of local Ruhr sandstone. A permanent exhibition on regional history has been housed here since 1993; the museum closed in 2013 for construction of a new building.

The name reflects the town's connection to its local roots and past ways of living. You can observe how residents once worked and what traditional skills were important to daily life here.

The building stands on Stiftplatz, whose name recalls the former convent; the museum closed in 2013 for construction of a new building, so check locally before travelling. The house is also a stop on the Westphalian route of the Way of St James.

The building's unofficial name, "Ville Heimatstube", has survived to this day. Its cellar vault of local Ruhr sandstone blocks was kept from the earlier house when the merchant H. Hueck rebuilt on the site in 1815, and the facade is clad in black clay slate for insulation.