The local history collection offers a wide range of objects from Biberach’s almost 1,000-year municipal history.
Multifarious archaeological finds illustrate life and work in the medieval imperial town. Biberach fustian, a blend made of local linen and imported cotton, played an important role during the economic boom in the 14th century. In the 16th century, weaving was replaced by tanning as the economically significant craft. Visitors can learn more about the art of weaving in a special department dedicated to this craft:
Besides (artisan) craftwork and trade, the collection’s focus is on religion, the plague, famine, and the Thirty Years’ War. One particularity of Biberach is the town’s bi-confessional structure: Since 1548 the town’s parish church has served both confessions as a place of worship, and since 1649 all the offices and council positions at the townhall have either been divided among the two confessions or staffed doubly to ensure equality.
Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813) was born in Biberach. The important protagonist of the 18th century is regarded as a representative of Enlightenment and a forerunner of Weimar Classicism. As a “mentor of his epoch” he paved the way for the quadrumvirate of Weimar Classicism: Wieland, Herder, Goethe, and Schiller. An extensive collection on Wieland can be found at the Wieland Museum in Wieland’s historical summerhouse and at Biberach’s Wieland Archive.
In the late 18th and early 19th century, Biberach was defined by the Coalition Wars and the end of the town’s imperial status. The collection also illustrates the historical events that led to the emergence of bands of robbers in Upper Swabia and the making of the legendary bandit »Schwarzer Veri« (Black Veri) in the wake of the famine of 1816/17.
Industrialization came to Biberach with the town’s connection to the rail network through the Swabian Railway, and with important artisan workshops and factories – such as Württemberg’s oldest producer of tin toys. The investigation into the time of National Socialism in Biberach plays a key role in the collection and research work dedicated to the 20th century. Further focal points are the 1968 movement and migration and economic history.
Mkusanyiko wa historia ya ndani inatoa mbalimbali ya vitu kutoka Biberach ya karibu miaka 1,000 ya historia ya manispaa. Vitu mbalimbali vya kiakiolojia vilivyopatikana vinaonyesha maisha na kazi katika mji huo wa kifalme wa enzi za kati. Fustian ya Biberach, mchanganyiko wa kitani cha ndani na pamba iliyoletwa nje, ilicheza jukumu muhimu wakati wa ukuaji wa kiuchumi katika karne ya 14. Katika karne ya 16, ufundi wa kushona ulibadilishwa na ufundi wa kutengeneza ngozi. Wageni wanaweza kujifunza zaidi kuhusu sanaa ya kushona katika idara maalum iliyowekwa wakfu kwa ufundi huu: Mbali na ufundi wa (mfanyakazi wa mikono) na biashara, mkusanyiko huo unazingatia dini, tauni, njaa, na Vita vya Miaka Thelathini. Tangu mwaka 1548 kanisa la parokia la mji limetumikia imani zote mbili kama mahali pa ibada, na tangu mwaka 1649 ofisi zote na nafasi za baraza katika ukumbi wa mji zimegawanywa kati ya imani mbili au zimetumiwa mara mbili ili kuhakikisha usawa. Christoph Martin Wieland (1733-1813) alizaliwa katika Biberach. Mfano wa kwanza wa uandishi wa karne ya 18 ni mwandishi wa fasihi ya Weimar. Akiwa "mwongozo wa enzi yake" alifungua njia kwa quadrumvirate ya Weimar Classicism: Wieland, Herder, Goethe, na Schiller. Mkusanyiko mkubwa juu ya Wieland unaweza kupatikana katika Wieland Makumbusho katika Wieland ya kihistoria summerhouse na katika Biberach ya Wieland Archive. Katika karne ya 18 na mapema ya 19, Biberach ilifafanuliwa na Vita vya Muungano na mwisho wa hadhi ya kifalme ya mji. "Kutoka kwa hadithi ya ""Wachezaji wa Kivita"" katika eneo la Upper Swabia, watu wa Kivita walianza kuunda ""Schwarzer Werin"" (Wachezaji wa Black Werin) baada ya njaa ya 1816." Viwanda alikuja Biberach na mji wa uhusiano na mtandao wa reli kupitia Swabian Reli, na na muhimu crafting warsha na viwanda - kama vile Württemberg ya zamani zaidi ya mtayarishaji wa toys bati. Utafiti wa wakati wa National Socialism huko Biberach una jukumu muhimu katika kazi ya kukusanya na utafiti iliyojitolea kwa karne ya 20. Katika sehemu nyingine, ni pamoja na kuhamia kwa watu wa 1968 na historia ya uchumi.