Hüttenberg offers a range of themes, from village life in the past to art and nature experiences. In Rechtenbach, there is a farmstead furnished as a farmhouse; in Volpertshausen, you’ll find a historic hand-cheese manufactory and a seasonal art programme. In Vollnkirchen, the donkey trail features play and experiment stations. When planning your trip, it helps to distinguish between these offerings: a look at historic living and working environments, events with a seasonal programme, and a nature trail.
Gottfried’s House and Village Life in the Past
Gottfried’s House in Rechtenbach is a farmstead renovated and furnished by members of the Rechtenbach Cultural and Heritage Association over a period of three years. Since 1992, it has been furnished as a farmhouse with a working kitchen, bedroom and living room, reflecting how its former residents used it. The three rooms bring village history to life in a tangible way, focusing on aspects of everyday life in the past.
A special occasion is “A Day at Gottfried’s”: it is celebrated every year on a Sunday in August. Visitors can experience a day of village life as it was in the past. If you are travelling specifically for the festival, check the exact event date before planning your trip.
The Hüttenberg Local History Museum in Volpertshausen offers a different perspective, showcasing a historic hand-cheese manufactory. While Gottfried’s House focuses on living spaces and how they were used in the past, the museum explores the traditional production of hand cheese. This lets you compare two different aspects of local history: rural everyday life and craftsmanship.
Art Programme and Nature Trail
The Atelierkirche Volpertshausen’s studio season runs from April to October. Its programme includes workshop weeks for freelance artists, exhibitions, concerts, readings, art workshops and open-air cinema. The season provides a timeframe for planning your trip; the events on offer may vary from year to year. If you are coming for a specific concert, reading or workshop, check the programme for your travel dates.
The donkey trail in Vollnkirchen offers something different: it is a nature trail with play and experiment stations. Here, the focus is on the trail’s stations rather than on specific event dates. This difference can help you choose the focus of your trip: a visit shaped around a seasonal cultural programme, or a nature trail with stations for playing and experimenting.
More places to explore in the wider Lahn-Dill district
The wider Lahn-Dill district offers more places to explore. In Wetzlar, the Lottehaus commemorates Goethe’s encounter with Charlotte Buff and the summer of 1772. Two rooms on the first floor house a permanent exhibition on the origins and impact of Goethe’s first novel, “The Sorrows of Young Werther.” Also in Wetzlar, the Optikparcours invites visitors to experiment with and discover optical phenomena; it includes a walk-through kaleidoscope. The town thus offers two contrasting visitor experiences: literary history and optical discoveries.
In Dillenburg, Villa Grün presents objects and faithfully recreated scenes of industrial and craft production in the Dill region across more than 20 rooms. The basement also houses an extensive, multimedia mining exhibition. In Solms-Oberbiel, the Fortuna Field and Mine Railway Museum has 50 historic field and mine railway locomotives and 100 cars; trains run according to a timetable. If you would like to plan your visit around the train service, check the current timetable.
Discover more destinations: Breitscheid, Schöffengrund, Greifenstein, Siegbach, Wetzlar, Ehringshausen, Dillenburg, Mittenaar.
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