Württemberg-Haus, A heritage-listed building and museum in Weinstadt-Beutelsbach
The Württemberg-Haus is a protected former village town hall at Stiftstraße 11 in Beutelsbach, east of the Stiftskirche. Built in 1534, it has a painted Renaissance interior; its 1577 portal keystone is carved with the motto 'Si deus pro nobis quis contra nos?' between the Beutelsbach mark and the Württemberg coat of arms. The upper floor holds the Museum Wiege Württembergs, the ground floor the Museum Bauernkrieg on the Armer Konrad uprising.
Built in 1534, the building served as the town hall for over 430 years until replaced by a new structure in 1965. Following extensive restoration work between 2013 and 2014, it reopened in 2015 as a museum, preserving memories of the region's early history.
The museum's name refers to the House of Württemberg, whose early centre was Beutelsbach; the upper floor traces this through excavation finds. Downstairs, in the former market and court hall, the Armen Konrad uprising of 1514 is presented as a forerunner of the German Peasants' War. Special exhibitions have featured the painter Reinhold Nägele.
The Württemberg-Haus stands at Stiftstraße 11 in Beutelsbach's historic core, just east of the Stiftskirche. The two museums occupy separate floors: the Bauernkrieg museum is on the ground floor in the former market and court hall, the Wiege Württembergs museum on the upper floor across three rooms.
The keystone of the 1577 portal is carved with the Latin motto 'Si deus pro nobis quis contra nos?' — 'If God is for us, who can be against us?' — framed by the Beutelsbach village mark and the Württemberg coat of arms.
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