"Sprucker Mühle" Guben / "Sprugojski młyn" Gubin

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Technical monument with exhibition on urban and regional history

Building / plot situation

The museum is located on the site of the old water mill in the district of Altsprucke on the Schwarze Fließ. The river used to drive seven such water mills on its course from Bärenklau to where it flows into the Neisse. Until 1900, the mill was driven by a water wheel, then by a turbine. The mill was in operation as a feed grist mill until the end of the 1960s. After several fires, the listed mill was rebuilt as a museum from 1980 onwards, while preserving the substance worthy of preservation, especially the mill technology. Since 1985, the building has housed not only the technical monument of a water mill but also an exhibition on the history of the town. Since then, the museum in the Sprucker Mill has made an important contribution to the preservation of the objective cultural heritage and to the research of local history.

Characteristics

The historic mill in Guben has been preserved as a museum display. Inside, in addition to various grinding gears, it shows a grinding platform with a grist mill and roller mills from the 19th and 20th centuries.
The permanent exhibition was redesigned in 1996. At the same time, the outdoor facilities were reconstructed and the barn on the grounds was converted into an attractive exhibition and event venue. An important focus of the museum's exhibition is the cultural history of the town of Guben. The local history museum provides information on five chronological phases:

• early historical development,
• medieval city history,
• Rise to an important industrial and garden city in Lower Lusatia,
• role as an important location for the hat industry in Germany,
• City history.

The exhibition offers an excursion into the folk art of the region. Rural furniture, domestic utensils and handicraft products give an insight into the life of the inhabitants.

Events, special exhibitions

After registration with the Guben registry office, wedding ceremonies can be held on the mill floor. Schools and vocational training institutions benefit from special guided tours. The old classroom integrated into the permanent exhibition is used for report cards and at traditional class reunions as a backdrop and display object. In the adjacent museum barn, hobby artists and associations can hold special exhibitions and events.

Offers for children - With Kobi to the museum

Kobi - the little house ghost - is at home in the museum. There he lives in the slipper under the stove. At midnight he eavesdrops on the old museum pieces when they tell stories about the past. He tells these exciting stories to the museum staff, who then tell them to the children - stories from the old, old days.

Kobi offers:

1. the life of the people of that time

2. school days - past and present

3. report card issue

4. from grain to flour

5. easter customs

6. self-designed Easter eggs