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Fricktaler Museum

The place where history becomes alive...
History and tradition
Technique and industry
Rheinfelden (CH)
Switzerland
Fricktaler Museum
Fricktaler Museum
This diverse collection presents exhibits ranging from archaeology and finds from the Fricktal region to medieval handcrafts and former professions and workplaces. The city models and water colour paintings by the arts teacher Gustav Kalenbach-Schröter are visual aids providing information about the history of Rheinfelden.

The exposition ‚Die Pest und die Sebastiani-Bruderschaft' shows great traditions from the middle ages which are still celebrated today.

Können Glocken fliegen... – the show presents interesting and special views to the collection of sacred objects.

'In Sale Salus - Herrmann Keller und die Kurstadt Rheinfelden' shows the rise and fall of Rheinfelden as a world famous spa town in the 19. and 20. century.
Address

Fricktaler Museum

Haus zur Sonne
Marktgasse 12
4310
Rheinfelden (CH)
Switzerland
+41 61 835 57 80
Opening hours
Tuesday: 14:00-17:00
Saturday - Sunday: 14:00-17:00

2021 open from march 27 to december 12.
Open Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday from 2 pm to 5 pm.
Guided tours are possible all the time on request

47.555433, 7.79351

FMR L.588 Katze
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On quiet paws: Searching for clues with Rudolf Mautz the cat - a children's and family quiz at the Fricktal Museum

Take part in the search game for children, families and the young at heart and follow the museum cat Rudolf Mautz to his favorite places in the "Haus zur Sonne".

Event
Steinmetz am Mittelalterfest
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Medieval festival in Rheinfelden

Climb the medieval town wall in the Ringmauer barn and look out over the town. Hear about the conquest of the Aargau region by the Confederates in 1415 and learn more about their impact on Rheinfelden ...

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Berner Kriegsknechte plündern ein Dorf. Quelle: Bern,  Burgerbibliothek, Mss.h.h.I.1, p. 148 – Diebold Schilling, Amtliche  Berner Chronik, Bd. 1  (https://www.e-codices.ch/de/list/one/bbb/Mss-hh-I0001)
Rheinfelden (CH)
1499 - Fricktal finds from troubled times

In 1499, the Swabian War raged in the Fricktal. Entire villages were burned and plundered by Confederate troops. The Fricktal, which formerly belonged to Habsburg, lay on the border at that time in ...

Exhibition