Stadtwerke Fürstenfeldbruck hand over “Millerkreuz” to the museum
Created: 12/24/2021, 8:00 AM
Stadtwerke, represented by Andreas Wohlmann, handed over the Oscar Miller Cross to museum director Barbara Kink because it should be shown to its best advantage in the museum.
© Photo: Stadtwerke FFB
Fürstenfeldbruck - The well-known "Miller's Cross" should be accessible to everyone - this is reason enough for the Fürstenfeldbruck public utility company to hand over the wooden cross from pioneer Oskar von Miller to the Fürstenfeldbruck Museum on permanent loan.
Now it is to be given a special place in the exhibition rooms there, where it is to be shown to its full advantage. "We are pleased to have found a responsible partner in the Museum Fürstenfeldbruck who will take care of this historical exhibit", explains
Andreas Wohlmann
, Head of Sales at Stadtwerke Fürstenfeldbruck, the motivation for this handover. "We do not have the premises at Stadtwerke and it would be a shame to withhold a work by Oskar von Miller from the public." Museum director
Barbara Kink
adds: "I am a big fan of the Miller family and therefore personally very happy to have this work to have received as an exhibit. For the next few years we are planning the
redesign of
the Brucker
City history
in which the cross is an integral part.
Visitors can admire this in the museum. "
Background to the Oskar Miller Cross
The cross was a bridge between pioneering technology and religious tradition and was intended to convince opponents of electricity at the time - because the Millers were technicians and devout Catholics at the same time. On March 30, 1893, the cross donated to the city of Fürstenfeldbruck shone for the first time at the Leonhardikirche. With the effect of early neon advertising, but also through the religious sign language of a “Holy Sepulcher”, the lighting with 120 red and white lightbulbs caused an enormous sensation in the population of Bruck. Until a few years ago, the electric cross shone annually over the church entrance on the days before Easter. Its technical implementation corresponded to the operational safety regulations in force at the turn of the century.Today it can no longer be used in this form due to safety concerns.
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