Museum im Westrich
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| Established | 1987 |
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| Location | Ramstein-Miesenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany |
| Coordinates | 49°26′51″N 7°33′23″E / 49.44750°N 7.55639°E |
| Owner | Ramstein-Miesenbach (Verbandsgemeinde) |
| Website | www |
The Museum im Westrich is a local history museum in Ramstein-Miesenbach. It houses collections on the local history and everyday life in the Westrich region.
The first plans to establish a local history museum were made as early as 1965 in connection with the celebrations marking the 750th anniversary of the municipality of Ramstein, but they were not implemented. After the founding of the Förderkreises Heimatmuseum (Local History Museum Support Group) in 1983, the collection of exhibits for a museum began. The late Baroque tavern and later town hall at Miesenbacher Straße 1 was converted into a museum building by 1987. The local history museum was officially opened in September 1987.[1]
Building
The museum is located at Miesenbacher Straße 1 in a historically protected building.[2] It is a late Baroque mansard hipped roof building with a niche figure, which was built around 1750 by the wealthy merchant and salt trader Philipp Peter Delarber. The plans were drawn up by Franz Wilhelm Rabaliatti, architect and court master builder to Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria.
The building was privately owned until 1949 and was used as a residence, brewery and restaurant. In 1949, the municipality of Ramstein acquired the building from the Koch brewery in Kusel on the condition that the restaurant would remain in operation for another 12 years. In 1961, the restaurant was converted into a council chamber. For the next 22 years, what is now the Museum im Westrich was used as the town hall until the administration moved to a new building. It was then converted into a museum, which now has 310 square metres of exhibition space.[3][4]
