Sightseeing tours
through the Schmallenberger Sauerland and the holiday region Eslohe
In order to get to know the country and its people properly, a bit of history is absolutely necessary. You can experience vivid stories and lively local history in the numerous museums of the Schmallenberger Sauerland and the holiday region Eslohe. In addition to museums, there are many other places of interest where you can get to know Schmallenberg and Eslohe stories, art, culture and faith.
Model railway system on the Rothaarsteig
In the Westphalian Slate Mining and Local History Museum Holthausen you will learn all about (everyday) life in the Schmallenberger Sauerland in times gone by. Learn how slate and rocks were mined and how they were formed over millions of years. Get to know the animals of the forest and experience a lot of vivid information about former ways of living and working, about the economic life in the Sauerland with a printing workshop, in the textile and flax department as well as in a bookbinding workshop.
A special highlight of your tour is the "Südwestfäliche Galerie", where art of the region from the 19th and 20th century is shown with collections of Eugen Senge plates, Hinrich Grauenhorst, Paul Hermann Schödder, Carl Siebert and many others.
Free admission with the Schmallenberger Sauerland Card!
Westphalian slate mining and local history museum of the city of Schmallenberg
Kirchstraße
57392 Schmallenberg-Holthausen
Phone 02974 6064 or 6932
Court museum Bad Fredeburg
On the Homertstraße you can expect historical steam and power engines, local history and folklore, old crafts and agriculture, old smithy on over 2,000 m². There are also changing exhibitions, an idyllic outdoor area with historic buildings, hydroelectric power plants and a play area.
Free admission with the Schmallenberger Sauerland Card!
Wednesday to Saturday: 14.00 - 17.00 hrs
Sunday:
from 01.11. - 31.03.: 10.00 - 13.00 hrs
from 01.04. - 31.10.: 10.00 - 16.00 hrs Guided
tours:
All year round for groups of 10 or more, dates and further details by arrangement.
Passenger rides on the historical museum railway:
From April to October on every 1st and 3rd Saturday of the month from 3 - 5 p.m. as well as on the Steam Day, which always takes place on the last full weekend in May and September from 10 - 6 p.m.
Every
1st and 3rd Saturday of the month passenger rides on the historical museum railway.
A model railway layout with a layout area of 66 m² is shown in a former knitting factory. 92 trains roll on 550 metres of track and delight model railway fans of all ages. 15 computer-controlled vehicles drive on the streets of the layout and a day/night light control makes it night every 24 minutes. At the same time, the lights of the houses and cars are turned on at random and controlled by time.
Free entrance with the Schmallenberger Sauerland Card!
Old mill with baking house
At the mill miner's
59889 Eslohe-Cobbenrode
Phone 02973 3717 or 0163 2613053
Guided tours on request.
During the summer months, bread baking takes place every first Saturday of the month
The mill is also open for the annual "German Mill Day".
The Stertschultenhof is a special farm and belongs to the outstanding farms of the Sauerland. The main house was built in 1769 and is lovingly looked after by the Heimat- und Förderverein Cobbenrode. The gable is considered to be one of the most impressive in the Sauerland
Enjoy the special atmosphere of this house and rediscover the past. We serve delicious homemade cake and fragrant coffee. The Mundartarchiv Sauerland has its domicile here.
Now it's getting cold in the Sauerland Museum: When the last ice age reached its peak about 20,000 years ago, the temperature in Central Europe was about 15 degrees lower than today and the annual average was about five degrees below zero.In the inhospitable steppes, woolly mammoths, aurochs and steppe bison roamed about, which are presented in the exhibition in original size. The absolute highlight of the exhibition is the 43,000-year-old, almost complete skeleton of the so-called "Ahlen Mammoth" with its stately size of 5.50 meters in length and 3.25 meters in height. It is being made available to the Sauerland Museum for the exhibition by the Geomuseum of the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster.
Until September 4, you can visit the special exhibition "You Witch! Opfer und ihre Häscher" you can learn exciting facts about the witch hunt.
With the Schmallenberg Sauerland Card, the visit to the Sauerland Museum is free!
Monday: Closed Tuesday: 09:00 - 18:00 Wednesday - Friday: 09:00 - 17:00 Saturday: 14:00 - 18:00 Sunday: 10:00 - 18:00 Public holidays: 10:00 - 18:00
Sauerland Museum Alter Markt 24 - 30 59821 Arnsberg
Tel.: 02931 94-4444 E-mail: sauerlandmuseum@hochsauerlandkreis.de
Bakehouse Wenholthausen
Group tours by appointment possible!
Costs:
- Groups of 10 - 15 persons 5,00 € per person
- Groups from 16 persons 4,00 € per person
- Welcome schnapps in the Stertschultenhof 1,50 € per person
Tour incl. guided tour and coffee table at Stertschultenhof
Coffee incl. 2 pieces of cake or 3 half canapés (covered with blood and liver sausage or lard)
- Groups of 10 - 15 persons 11,00 € per person
- Groups from 16 persons 10,00 € per person
- Welcome schnapps in the Stertschultenhof 1,50 € per person
Stertschultenhof
Olper Straße 3
59889 Eslohe-Cobbenrode
Cobbenrode local history and development association
Manfred Habbel
Weidenstr. 7
59889 Eslohe - Cobbenrode
Tel.: 02973 3319 or 0171 8322828
email info@stertschultenhof.de
Model railway layout on the Rothaarsteig in the former Dick knitting mill
On punch 4 a
57392 Schmallenberg County
Phone 02972 978245
Sundays from 13.00 to 16.00.
Immerse yourself in the history of justice - quasi "on the spot". The court museum is located in the attic of the Bad Fredeburg district court building. Experience an exciting journey through more than seven hundred years of Bad Fredeburg's jurisdiction and take a seat on the "Armesünderbank", for example. You can also see a gallows, pyre, prison cell, femelinde, seal press, legal literature and much more.
Free admission with the Schmallenberger Sauerland Card!
Court museum Bad Fredeburg
In the Ohle 30
57392 Schmallenberg-Bad Fredeburg
Phone 02974 / 7037 (Guest information)
Dates for visits and guided tours by appointment.
Get to know the old tools that the miller needed to practice his profession.
During the summer months, bread is baked every first Saturday of the month.
