Monastery Museum
History of the Black Forest watches, the global watch trade, and the monastery.
The Monastery Museum in St. Märgen addresses a broad variety of themes that shaped the Black Forest throughout the centuries.
Opening times:
May - November
Wednesdays and Thursdays,
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
All-year-round:
Sundays and public holidays, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Visit only possible as part of a guided tour
During the autumn, Christmas, “Fasnet”, and Easter holiday periods
Wednesdays and Thursdays
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Closed on Good Friday, Christmas Day, and 1 January.
Tours during the opening times are always at 10:15 am and 11:45 am.
Groups / special tours on request.
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Description
The Black Forest watch-makers and brothers Georg and Mathias Kreutz made the first wooden “Waaguhr” around 1600. The Black Forest watches soon became world-renowned. The popular rural objects are wrought with clichés to this day, from the cuckoo to the lonely watch-maker. The chronological exhibition presents the entire clockwork spectrum along with carved and painted shields.
Contact
Address
Kloster Museum St. Märgen
Rathausplatz 1
79274 St. Märgen
Administrative address
Gemeinde St. Märgen - Uschi Faller
Rathausplatz 6
79274 St. Märgen