Günderothscher Hof, building in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Günderothscher Hof is a historic house in Schleswig composed of several connected buildings that now house the city museum. The rooms display objects and documents spanning from Viking times through the medieval period to the modern era.
The house was built in the 17th century as a palace for Duke Friedrich III and served to host important guests. Over centuries the building's purpose shifted and it eventually became the city museum, where it now holds the region's history.
The name Günderothscher Hof comes from Friedrich von Günderoth, the ducal master of the stables who acquired the red-painted palace in 1675. Since 2002 one of the two 18th-century half-timbered outbuildings, a former grain store and stable, has housed the Teddy Bear House, a private collection of historic teddy bears.
The site is centrally located in Schleswig and easy to reach on foot, by bike, or by car. Visitors find the city museum with facilities, a tourist information office, and a toy museum that includes a teddy bear exhibition.
The toy collection on the top floor comes from the Schleswig paediatrician Joachim Gunkel and holds more than 500 objects, among them dollhouses, paper theatres, tin toys and rocking horses from around 1900.
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