Description
In the Frickingen district of Altheim, an engineering tribute of a very special kind has been preserved: a mechanic's workshop powered by a water turbine. It is a place where you can experience engineering history at its purest – and everything is in full working order! The workshop was built in 1896 and has been virtually unchanged since the First World War. Just like its former owners, it is a real original!
Gefördert von
Gefördert von der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien.
Stations of this Audioguide
- 1 Welcome
- 2 The Mechanic's Workshop
- 3 The Master Mechanic(s) Karl Widmer
- 4 The Heyday of Mechanisation
- 5 The Oldest Part of the Workshop
- 6 The Metalworking Shop
- 7 Hydropower
- 8 The Apprentice Josef Maier
- 9 The War and the Post-War Years
- 10 The People's Helicopter Project
- 11 The Swash Plate Engine
- 12 Origins of the Museum
- 13 The Bernadette and Josef Maier Foundation
- 14 Frickingen – one Community, three Museums