This exhibition uses engravings, paintings, photography, and numerous other visual and audible testimonies to illustrate the radical change in the perception of Rothenburg ob der Tauber between the eighteenth and twenty-first centuries.
This transformation in perception is reflected in the change in perspectives, subject matters, and Image details. It becomes clear how, from the paintings of around 1900, a canon of motifs is gradually used for reproductions and later for the mass distribution of postcards. All these visual testimonies have contributed to the tourist image of Rothenburg – an image that its people are now increasingly evaluating with a critical eye.

CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO COVID-REGULATIONS IN THE FEDERAL STATE OF BAVARIA

Exhibition duration
March 7, 2020 to December 31, 2022

Opening times
April to October: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
November to March: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Entrance fee
Adults € 8.00
Group (10 or more) € 5.00 p. p.

Contact

RothenburgMuseum
Klosterhof 5 | 91541 Rothenburg o. d. T.
Phone +49 9861 939043 | Fax +49 9861 935206
museum@rothenburg.de
www.rothenburgmuseum.de

Even as far back as 1906, Rothenburg was already being used as an example for the design and construction of the garden city of Hampstead near London. Everything, from overall grounds down to a house’s interior design, was to provide people with a garden town fit for habitation. This was in Response to the terrible living conditions of workers in cities during the early period of industrialization. The English architect Raymond Unwin chose Rothenburg ob der Tauber as an example of urban development. While planning the garden city of Hampstead Garden Suburb, Raymond Unwin, a student of William Morris, incorporated architectural motifs such as Rothenburg’s towers, roof designs, arcades, staircases and window designs, as well as the use of trams, squares, and city greens.
Drawing on plans, photos, sketches, models and previously unpublished source materials, this special exhibition demonstrates for the first time Rothenburg’s significance as an architectural example for the planning of both Hampstead Garden Suburb as well as the garden city of Hellerau near Dresden. The role of picturesque architecture, and therefore Rothenburg ob der Tauber, at the threshold of modern Bauhaus architecture will be reconstructed through debate between renowned architects such as Richard Riemerschmid, Camillo Sitte, Hermann Muthesius, Raymond Unwin, Ernst May, Barry Parker, Theodor Fischer and others.

CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO COVID-REGULATIONS IN THE FEDERAL STATE OF BAVARIA

Exhibition duration
September 19, 2020 to December 31, 2022

Opening times
April to October: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
November to March: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Entrance fee
Adults € 8.00;
Group (10 or more) € 5.00 p. p.

Contact
RothenburgMuseum
Klosterhof 5 | 91541 Rothenburg o. d. T.
Phone +49 9861 939043 | Fax +49 9861 935206
museum@rothenburg.de
www.rothenburgmuseum.de

In 2022, a lage-scale spevial exhibition at the Medieval Crime and Justice Museum will feature some 30 English and Scottish Rothenburg motifs dating from 1890 to 1930 alongside nearly 70 comparable works by German painters who were active in Rothenburg between 1830 and 1960. Where can parallels be drawn between German and British perspectives? What are the distinctive features of each style? The exhibits are from museums stocks and private collections in Rothenburg and have rarely or never been put on display before.

Exhibition duration
May 1st to October 31st, 2022

Opening times
April to October: 10 am to 6 pm
November to March: 1 pm to 4 pm

Entrance fee
Adults € 8
Groups (20 or more) € 7 p. p.

Contact
Kriminalmuseum/Medieval Crime and Justice Museum
Burggasse 3-5, D-91541 Rothenburg o. d. T.
Phone + 49 9861 5359 | Fax + 49 9861 8258
info@kriminalmuseum.eu
www.kriminalmuseum.eu