Ronnenberg Local History Museum

The museum was established in response to the potash mining industry in Ronnenberg. After the mine closed, Bruno Kaleschke and the Ronnenberg Local History Association set up a local history museum in the former mine canteen in the mid-1970s. When the space became too small, the exhibition moved to an empty farmhouse in the center of Ronnenberg.

Since then, the ground floor has also housed the Ratsstube, a "parlor" belonging to a wealthy farming family from Calenberg in the late 19th century, which has been preserved largely in its original condition.

On the second floor there is a complete kitchen from the 1950s, where you can admire old crockery, old coffee grinders, household scales and many other household items.

A classroom with wooden benches and a slate board gives younger visitors in particular an impression of lessons in earlier times.

A large section of this floor traces the role of potash mining in the history of the town of Ronnenberg.

Another exhibition uses photographs and documents to provide information about Jewish residents of Ronnenberg up until Kristallnacht in November 1938, as well as the fate of forced laborers and refugees in the former camps located in the districts of Empelde and Benthe.

With its tools and fully equipped workshops, the exhibition in the attic offers a comprehensive look at the work of various trades and agriculture in Ronnenberg’s recent past.

Source: Ronnenberg Local History Museum