Panopticon of folk art: the “Binderbräu” museum in Tölzer is scheduled to open in 2022
Created: 02/07/2022, 09:00
Andreas Binder (right) and Hans Weber, who also built the carriage, show postal history in a small space.
The 60-kilo post box was locked with a customs office lock, the key to which was only held by officials in Bavaria and Austria.
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This year the time has finally come: an alpine folklore museum is to be opened on the second and third floors of the Tölzer "Binderbräu".
Bad Tölz – The “Binderbräu” is actually unique in itself.
A family-owned brewpub whose furnishings and original fittings transport visitors almost back to historic times.
In addition to the economy and the brewery, the third dream is to come true this year: an alpine folklore museum.
The collections of the Weber and Binder families are on display on the second and third floors of the inn on Ludwigstrasse, covering an area of 650 square meters.
The opening should definitely be this year.
The 400-year-old Tölz coppersmith dynasty Weber should also be found here
"There's just so much there," says 85-year-old Hans Weber, and talks about a collector's life that over the decades has made him familiar with numerous specialist areas of folklore.
The 400-year-old Tölz coppersmith dynasty Weber will also be found in the museum.
“And that was the end of the Bavarian cosiness”: the people of Munich protested against the beer price increase during the famous Salvator battle in 1888.
One of 125 tin figures depicting 6000 years of beer history in the museum.
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Son-in-law Andreas Binder (53) gives a second reason for setting up your own museum.
"If you give it to another museum, the things often disappear in the depot." In Tölz, the museum creators have a hand and can set the thematic priorities as they see fit.
Reconstructed yellow carriage model of the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post
In addition, the family is exceptionally versatile and has manual skills.
Binderbräu and museum manager Andreas Binder was the city museum manager for eight years and is also a trained stonemason.
His father-in-law Hans Weber worked as a restorer of paintings.
His hobby: model airplanes.
What he can do can be admired in the museum's mail department.
There is a replica of a yellow carriage from the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post, which is so detailed that you can operate the brakes on the rear wheels from the stand.
"You won't get anything like that," the 85-year-old is certain.
The museum creators forgo government funding
The third in the league of hobbyists is Vincent Binder, the managing director of the “Brau- und Volkskunsthaus”, who has recently been promoted to the management team.
The 23-year-old trained as a restaurant specialist at the "Käfer", is a "woodworm" and has his own carpentry workshop, as his grandfather enthuses.
He mainly makes the custom-made furniture.
Of course, the family team also includes Monika Weber-Binder, who is responsible for the office and staff.
When visiting the museum rooms, Rudi Kornbichler can also be seen tinkering, who “likes to work with his hands” and gives Andreas Binder a helping hand.
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Can you just make a museum?
Are there grants?
The Binder-Webers forgo government funding in order to be able to act independently.
But of course the museum standards are maintained, says Andreas Binder and reports on separate room ventilation, wall heating and a lot of museum technology.
Fire safety was an important issue.
F-90 ceilings and floors were installed, which means that in the event of a fire they are fire-resistant for 90 minutes.
A panopticon of folk art from Bavaria, Austria, South Tyrol and Switzerland
And: Do you feel like you are competing with the existing city museum on Marktstrasse?
"No," Binder replies, "I think we complement each other." Father-in-law Hans Weber explains that the city museum deals with the homeland of Tölz.
"We tend to be on the move in the entire Alpine area." In fact, the museum will bring together a panopticon of folk art from Bavaria, Austria, South Tyrol and Switzerland.
There are departments such as paintings, ceramics, cribs, reverse glass, headgear, glass, horn work, postal services, shoemakers and coppersmiths.
6000 years of beer history in miniature format
But there are also many unexpected and spectacular exhibitions.
For example, the pewter figure collection by Peter Bach.
The Heilbronner intended to present 6000 years of beer history in miniature format.
Bach died in 2017 at the age of 94.
Enough time, then, to produce 160 dioramas, i.e. scenes, about the noble beer.
125 are shown, including a depiction of a hanged man having his thumb cut off to refine the brew in the brew kettle.
Greetings from the Middle Ages.
A monument is also erected for the Tölzer smoking club
Binder wants to rebuild a tobacco shop and also erect a monument to the once very active Tölz smoking club Coziness.
The pipes in the collection are up to 1.40 meters long.
And it reminds of such nice customs as the smoking competition, where the time was measured how long the cigar ash did not fall out.
Binder explains with a smile that the trick was to shove a piece of wire into the cigar beforehand.
Also rather unusual exhibition themes are the “tavern games” (there is an old wooden pinball machine on display) or “Tölz souvenirs”.
Who knows that Tölz once advertised not only with many postcard motifs (also an exhibition theme), but also with a vinyl record printed with a color image?
The combination of inn, brewery and museum is extraordinary
The historical pieces are displayed in the museum.
In the museum shop you will also be able to buy folk art and those that want to become folk art.
Will the folklore museum in Tölz work?
Andreas Binder is firmly convinced.
It's all in the mix.
The combination of inn, brewery and museum is extraordinary.
And so he has already received numerous inquiries from bus companies who want to include the "Tölzer Brau- und Volkskunsthaus" in their travel program.
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