Description
Nestled within the picturesque landscape of the middle Saale valley, the small town of Bürgel is famous for its pottery. Bürgel's history began in the 12th century with a castle called "Burgelin" and a Benedictine monastery. Bürgel evolved into a town of artisans and merchants, becoming famous for its pottery in the Early Modern Period. The audio tour, which takes in the local museum, local arts and crafts and the history of the town, explores all the many facets of this pretty little town.
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Stations of this Audioguide
- 1
- Welcome
- 2
- School c. 1900
- 3
- Textile Manufacturing: "From Field and Pasture for Personal Wear".
- 4
- Childhood: Play and Schooling to Provide Role Models
- 5
- Living Room: Parlour and Chilly Splendour
- 6
- Seasonal Foods and Preserving
- 7
- Upper Floor: Farming and Country Crafts
- 8
- Thalbürgel Monastery Church: Forecourt
- 9
- Thalbürgel Monastery Church: Antechurch
- 10
- Thalbürgel Monastery Church: Nave
- 11
- Sylvana Schubert Pottery
- 12
- Yvette Klein Pottery
- 13
- Birgit Greiner Pottery
- 14
- Reichmann Pottery
- 15
- Antje Frömel Pottery
- 16
- Echtbürgel Pottery
- 17
- Former Christine Freigang Pottery
- 18
- Bürgel Marketplace
- 19
- Bürgel Town Church
- 20
- Bürgel Ceramics Museum
- 21
- Open Flame Kiln
- 22
- Bader Gate