Without bits and bytes, there are many highlights to discover here. At the Freudenberg Museum of Technology, you can experience first-hand what it was like 100 years ago in a Siegerland industrial plant. It hums and groans, the forge hammer cracks, it smells of hot oil and you can hear the transmission belts clapping.
The aim here is to understand mechanics and experience it with all your senses. On display is Germany's largest collection of 25 old machine tools, powered by a steam engine steeped in history. Touching and participating is expressly permitted, for example during forging activities at museum festivals. The most important exhibits also include historical vehicles, looms and steam engine models. Experience the machine demonstrations or let your children take a ride on the steam train in the outdoor area.
The centerpiece of the Freudenberg Museum of Technology is a large half-timbered hall that was rebuilt in Freudenberg. A 100 hp steam engine from 1904 can be seen there. It is the last document of the Otto Nöll table glue factory, which closed its doors in 1972, still standing in its original place. When the (now) electrically powered steam engine starts up, it drives numerous machine tools that are over 100 years old via transmissions. The belts clap and the smell of hot oil wafts through the air as they plane, turn, mill or drill. An old forge rounds off this exhibition area.
Next door you will find several stationary engines and generators, including one of the largest historical engines in Germany, a 6-ton French Pruvost engine and various other machines. On the gallery, you can see a weaving room with a 250-year-old loom that is still regularly used for weaving.
