Exhibitions on a wide range of topics can be visited in the Stadthaus. The first three floors are also accessible to people with reduced mobility using the Café Pause elevator.
The words “The forest lures - summer visitors, fresh air and tourists" can be found in the large entrance hall of the town hall, as this is where the history of tourism in the Black Forest is told. Healing water, large hotels, fresh air and the construction of the Schwarzwaldhochstraße stretch back to the 1950s.
"A journey through time to the 1950s" can be found on the upper floor. The original 1950s furnishings create the right ambience for this exhibition.
Since spring 2012, the permanent exhibition “Destruction and Reconstruction of Freudenstadt 1945 – 1954” has been shown in the adjoining East Hall. Visitors are taken into the final phase of the Second World War, when Freudenstadt was destroyed by shelling and fire in April 1945. The exemplary reconstruction of the city in the nine years that followed went down in history as the "Miracle of Freudenstadt".
Afterwards, take a stroll through 150 years of art in the northern Black Forest region in the art cabinet. Paintings and watercolours are supplemented by drawings and sculptures that offer an interesting cross-section and lead up a staircase to the level of the Ludwig-Schweizer-Saal.
This spacious room on the second floor was named in honor of Ludwig Schweizer, the city architect responsible for the reconstruction between 1949 and 1954. The history of Freudenstadt and the district with its numerous cultural, political and religious characteristics can be traced here.
Further up is the two-story roof truss of the townhouse. Among other things, it houses countless exhibits of rural living culture, showing the trades of forestry, mining and many other crafts. The old Bührle filing workshop in Freudenstadt has been completely redesigned.
A separate compartment is dedicated to the "Ruhestein father" Julius Euting (1839-1913). He was an explorer in Arabia and a specialist in Arabic and Aramaic languages. The Orient sharpened his view of his homeland. He captured the beauty of the Black Forest landscapes with fine watercolours.
