Wertingen: Museums, Art and Local History

For your trip planning in Wertingen, there are several cultural themes to choose from: the history of the town and its surroundings, technical exhibits, contemporary art and the Donauried Sculpture Trail. This gives you the opportunity to decide whether you are more interested in historical collections, local research, borrowing art or a sculpture trail.

Local history at Wertingen Castle

The Wertingen Local History Museum displays finds from the Wertingen area dating back to the Neolithic period. The exhibits also cover the history of the town, crafts and guilds. A 17th-century loom and fabric-printing blocks illustrate the crafts, while agricultural equipment adds objects from several centuries to the collection. Together, early finds and various aspects of urban and rural life are presented side by side.

The Local History Museum’s collections are housed in the basement and corridors of Wertingen Castle. The castle complex dates from the 14th to the 17th century. Planning your trip this way combines exploring the collections with visiting a historic place whose own history spans several centuries.

Technology, research and contemporary art

The Wertingen Telephone Museum displays 168 exhibits on the history of the telephone. These include a telephone exchange switchboard, teleprinters and Morse equipment. The examples give the collection a specific technical focus; the number of exhibits may change over time.

If you are interested in local or family history, the Wertingen Municipal Archives offer research opportunities on the history of the town, including its districts. Places in the former Wertingen district are also within the scope of the research. The archives are open to visitors interested in carrying out this kind of research. Arrange your visit with the Municipal Archives.

The artothek in Wertingen offers a different way to engage with art: visitors can borrow original works of art, original prints and small sculptures of contemporary art for three months. This means that, alongside the historical collections, contemporary works of art and the option of borrowing them for a limited period are also a focus in their own right.

Sculpture trail and beer museum

The Donauried Sculpture Trail is a project by Wertingen and Buttenwiesen and is well worth visiting at any time of year. It offers a different focus from the collections at the local history and telephone museums. If you are weighing up town history, technology and public art as possible focal points for your trip, these are different themes you can use to guide your plans.

When visiting the Wertingen Beer Museum, you can also request a brewery tour with beer tasting for a contribution of €2.50. Visits are by prior arrangement. If this addition is important to your plans, arrange your visit in advance and check the practical details before your trip.

More things to explore in the Dillingen An Der Donau destination

In the Dillingen An Der Donau destination, the DonAUwald hiking trail runs for just under 60 kilometres through the floodplain forests along the Danube; 40 kilometres of the trail are in the district of Dillingen. It is the first premium hiking trail in Bavarian Swabia. All five classic stages can be reached conveniently by train, making the trip climate-neutral. If you plan to hike a stage, check the timetable for your preferred date.

The Donautal Radelspaß is another regional highlight: it takes place every two years on a weekend in September, with the main event in the district of Dillingen. Three signposted routes, closed to cars, offer culinary and cultural outings. Check the dates for the year of your trip before planning your weekend.

Over many years, gravel extraction along the Danube in the district of Dillingen has created a unique landscape of water and lakes. The seven chapels aim to serve as landmarks and architectural features in the landscape, while continuing the tradition of chapel building in a contemporary style. These themes complement Wertingen’s cultural and historical highlights with distinctive perspectives on landscape and architecture in the Dillingen An Der Donau destination.

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