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Swabian farm museum in Illerbeuren: Experience historical trades live

2022-09-15T10:05:45.265Z


Swabian farm museum in Illerbeuren: Experience historical trades live Created: 09/15/2022, 12:00 p.m By: Sophie-Isabel Gunderlach Apprentice Moritz Kirchner, master blacksmith Thomas Maier and blacksmith and vocational school teacher Fabian Prinz (from left) let their hammers whiz in triple time on the red-hot iron to forge a larger workpiece. Moritz Kirchner also showed visitors how to make na


Swabian farm museum in Illerbeuren: Experience historical trades live

Created: 09/15/2022, 12:00 p.m

By: Sophie-Isabel Gunderlach

Apprentice Moritz Kirchner, master blacksmith Thomas Maier and blacksmith and vocational school teacher Fabian Prinz (from left) let their hammers whiz in triple time on the red-hot iron to forge a larger workpiece.

Moritz Kirchner also showed visitors how to make nails.

This work used to be a test for journeymen on the rolling road and gave its name to the "acid test".

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Illerbeuren – Last weekend, the 41st Craftsmen's Days took place in the Swabian Farm Museum in Illerbeuren.

Visitors could get to know around 50 historical professions and crafts and try them out for themselves.

And even if the museum surroundings and the old machines should have given one or the other the opposite impression - "What we show here, we still do and practice today.

This is our everyday craft,” emphasizes master blacksmith Thomas Maier, who works for the Übele company in Dickenreishausen.

Together with an apprentice and a colleague, he presented in the building of an old forge how, for example, a nail or iron tools were and are still being made.

Equestrian saddler Marlies Bek uses the so-called "sewing horse" every day for her work.

In the picture she is repairing a vaulting girth.

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Marlies Bek also practices a traditional trade, that of saddler.

In addition to making saddles, she also sews custom bags or purses, animal halters and straps for cowbells.

She came to her work through her early contact with horses and her passion for motorcycling - she was fascinated by the diverse design and processing options of leather.

"People come to me who are looking for something special that they don't find anywhere else," she summarizes.

Under the watchful eyes of master potter Ralf Kretschmann (right), visitors can lend a hand and shape a bowl out of clay.

Once the mold is finished, it is dried for about a week before it is painted, fired at 1,250 degrees, glazed and fired again.

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Master potter Ralf Kretschmann is a regular guest in Illerbeuren.

Since 1998 he has had his workshop permanently in the farm museum and sells his works such as a bread pot or a cheese spaetzle bowl there.

Traditional costume consultant Monika Hoede researches traditional costumes and their history, advises museums, exhibitions and associations, prepares expert opinions and passes on her knowledge in the form of seminars and further training courses.

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Monika Hoede is a costume consultant for the district of Swabia.

She researches traditional costumes and their history, advises museums, exhibitions and associations, prepares expert opinions and passes on her knowledge in the form of seminars and further training courses.

The trained master tailor and folklorist also sews boxes, for example for hats.

For decoration, she covers the outside with beautiful paper in a wide variety of colors and patterns.

Petra (left) and Andrea Maier from Tannheim show visitors how baskets are woven from willow wood.

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Petra and Andrea Maier from Tannheim showed the visitors how to weave baskets out of willow wood.

In order for the willow, which comes from the region in the interests of sustainability, to become flexible even at the thickest point, it has to be soaked in water for seven to 14 days.

Afterwards, when the wood is still damp, Petra and Andrea Maier weave wooden or laundry baskets, for example.

In order to throw away as little as possible, they also use the leftovers and make wind chimes out of them.

Mike Tingey has been a woodturner for over 50 years.

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"Turning is said to be the second oldest craft in the world," Mike Tingey proudly explained, before sitting down behind his lathe and showing how a block of wood can be turned into a spinning top in minutes.

The technique that makes square wood round was already used in ancient China and Egypt.

Tingey has been in the trade for over 50 years, formerly in his own workshop with eleven lathes.

He is now retired, but keeps demonstrating his skills in the farm museum.

Knowing this, the visitors, some of whom came despite the mixed weather, should have increased their appreciation for the achievements of the craftsmen and women.

In addition to blacksmithing, there was the opportunity to watch embroidery, shoemaking, felting, carpentry and much more in a historical setting.

The physical well-being and musical entertainment were also taken care of.

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Source: merkur

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