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In summary:
General:
A gravel path takes you from the entrance left down to the open
air site. This path is quite steep, so you will need someone to help
you control your speed – and push you on the way back – or an electric
wheelchair with the appropriate brakes. Unfortunately, there are as yet no suitable toilet facilities for wheelchair users on
the open air site; as yet, these are in the main part of the museum (accessible from outside).
In the spring of 2001, two ramps were constructed to provide wheelchair access to the museum villages via the craftsmen’s exhibition and the rose garden. This means that you can now access all the attractions listed under “Tour” in the main menu by wheelchair, although we would recommend you take a helper with you to help you cope with the different levels.
Easy to get to:
All buildings from the outside, all gardens, the ropery in the “Bosselstube”, the smithy, Schug house, the bakehouse, the rose garden and summerhouse and half-timbered chapel.
Accessible via a few steps:
The ground floors of Maehser House, Molz House (smokey kitchen) and Klaesjes House; the ground floor of the parish hall.
Not accessible by wheelchair due to steep staircases:
The top floors of Maehser House, Molz House, Klaesjes House and the “Bosselstube”
(cobbler's).
Detailed description of the tour by wheelchair
The Hunsrückweiler
The Hunsrückweiler was the first group of buildings to be constructed in the museum, and it is now almost complete. The terrain in the Hunsrückweiler is almost completely even, and the ground floor in most houses is easily accessible by wheelchair. There are stairs, some of which are quite steep, to the top floors and so these are inaccessible by wheelchair. The most interesting structural details, and in particular the kitchen, parlour and farming section, are easy to view – as are the gardens, which we tend lovingly every year.
“The Good Shepherd's chapel
Open chapel on the left of the path
Trappitschens House
The house is accessible via two relatively steep steps, although they are not really a problem if you have a helper. The front door is double, and normally only the right door – which is slightly wider than the left – is open. If your wheelchair is too wide for this side, a helper will be able to open the left door. The ground floor contains the corner shop and 1950s-style living rooms. There is no wheelchair access to the upper floor – which also contains a 1950s-style living area – because of the very steep stairs.
School house from Würrich
The school is currently still under construction, and is expected to be complete in 2002.
Molz House from Fronhofen
(picture on this page)
There is no step to the housekeeping area. The basement under the living area with the smokey kitchen – the only one in the open air museum – is accessible via two shallow steps, and so is also accessible to wheelchair users with a helper. The upper floor with the living and bedrooms is furnished in the style of the turn of the century and not accessible by wheelchair because of the extremely steep staircase.
Sensemichel House
Because of the narrowness of the entrance area – which also contains several steps – this house is not accessible by wheelchair. The living area is furnished as a village inn, and is also used for museum events – refreshments are also served at the door if required!
Bakehouse from Oberkleinich
The bakehouse is accessible from outside – there is no step. The door is split; if the lower part is locked it can easily be opened by a helper.
Access to the forecourt outside Klaesjes House and to the “Bosselstube” is via only two steps, and from the direction of Molz House it is level with the ground (no teps).
Klaesjes House
(picture on the page with “General information for wheelchair users”)
The ground floor to this house, which is furnished as a farmhouse, is accessible – with a helper – via two small steps. The top floor is not accessible because there is a very steep staircase.
"Bosselstube"
The basement, which is on ground level with the outside, contains a ropery. The top floor, which is accessible only via a very steep and extremely “wheelchair-unfriendly” staircase, contains a cobbler’s workshop.
Parish council hall from Gödenroth
To the left on the ground floor of the council hall is an exact replica of the former almshouses; they are accessible via two shallow steps if you have a helper. The former parish council chamber on the top floor is currently not open to the public.
Schuche House
A level wooden threshold provides access to the ground floor, which contains the kitchen, parlour and textiles workshop. The top floor is currently not open to the public.
Livestock sheds and barn
The livestock sheds may only be seen from the outside; the inside is currently being used by the museum for internal purposes.
Smithy
The interior of the smithy may be viewed through a grid from the outside. Open for demonstrations, and ground level access given.
The newly constructed Saar-Moselle group
Saargauhof
Between the livestock sheds/ barn and the smithy there is a level path to the Saargauhof. The farm building is currently being reconstructed in the museum.
School toilet
Follow the path to behind the Saargauhof farm building, and you will find yourself at the former school toilet from Porz.
Waterworks
Continue along this path, and you will arrive at the former waterworks of a Siegfried Line bunker that used to be on the museum site.
Outbuildings from Oberemmel
Progress further along this path, which now bears to the right, and you will find yourself at the building site where the museum’s latest acquisition – a house with an above-ground cellar from Oberemmel near Konz – will be reconstructed in the near future. The building stones are already being stored on-site; continue past them, and you will arrive at the lower end of the rose garden.
Half-timbered chapel, rose garden and surroundings
From here you can get on to a ramp, newly constructed in 2000,
that will take you to the
half-timbered chapel from Bürder.
From here, move left around the rose garden
(sadly, if you want to go right you will have to navigate some steps)
and enter the rose garden
from the opposite end. From here you can also get
to the Maret summerhouse and the
herb garden. Move in the opposite direction
(the upper end of the rose garden), and a ramp that was constructed in the
spring of 2001 will take you to the craftsmen’s exhibition, and from there
on into the courtyard of the main building. From here you can get to the
collections or leave the museum.
Expositions
General Informations for wheelchair users.
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