Eberhard Henneböhle Museum

Half-timbered extension of a former brewery on Hachtorstraße, displays numerous different objects on the history of the town and the Rüthen area on approx. 100 square meters. The Heimatverein Rüthen e. V. displays exhibits from the carpenters' and carpenters' guild, a collection of electrical appliances from the time when electricity was introduced in Rüthen, rare minerals, fossils and archaeological finds. An education room has been set up with a wooden church interior and paintings by Rüthen church painter Walter Klemme. There is also a constantly changing exhibition on various topics in the entrance room.

Who was Eberhard Henneböle?

There is probably no other person who has been so involved with the history of Rüthen. In 1946, he founded the Rüthen local history association. Originally, this association was actually supposed to be called Heimatbund Rüthen. This meant that not only Rüthen alone should belong to this association, but also the villages of the Rüthen district. Unfortunately, this did not work out and we also tried this 50 years later without success.

Nevertheless, the Heimatverein Rüthen now has more than 275 members and Eberhad Henneböhle would be proud that his initiative has grown into such a strong association. Henneböle had already collected special old exhibits before the Second World War with a view to later setting up a museum. We were only able to realize this plan in 2006. Unfortunately, a large part of the exhibits in this collection had been lost.

Some of these exhibits can now be found in the entrance area of the museum, but we have also exhibited archaeological finds from Henneböle in display cases. We have also exhibited Henneböle's original writing and working materials. He has also made a name for himself with his numerous contributions and publications on the history of Rüthen and shed light on the town of Rüthen.

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By telephone arrangement: Tel.02952 / 9022744