Hungertaler from Kirchheim on a trip to the Thuringian state exhibition

Hungertaler from Kirchheim on a trip to the Thuringian state exhibition

The municipal museum in the Kornhaus raises a special "hungeraler" from 1816 and 1817, which is now part of the Thuringian state exhibition "Freiheyt 1525 - 500 Years of Peasant War". This event, which began on April 26, 2025 and will be shown in Mühlhausen until October 19, 2025, has the goal of presenting social, political and cultural upheavals of the era from new perspectives. According to the Teckbote designs the hungertaler, an artistically manufactured can medal from tin, the memory of the famine of the year 1816, which is due to extremely bad weather conditions and missed was triggered.

A hunger is not a means of payment, but symbolizes the need of the population at that time. The front shows a plaintive family with the inscription "Great is the need, o mercy", while the back is scenes of hope and prayer, with an angel who announces the words "recognize that a god is". Inside the medal there are several colored copper engravings and texts that document the shattering natural disasters and the resulting famine.

The Thuringian state exhibition

The hiking exhibition not only addresses the hungeraler, but also the collective memory, which the peasant war of 1525 shaped in the German -speaking regions. The Thuringian state exhibition in Mühlhausen and Bad Frankenhausen offers extensive insights into the perspectives of the insurgents, the nobility and the church during the farmers in the years 1524 and 1525. Over 400 exhibits of more than 80 national and international rental agents are exhibited at over 1,500 m² in order to offer visitors a wide range of information, the information from Bauernkrieg2025.de .

Special highlights of the exhibition include the rune sword of Thomas Müntzer and the iron hand of the Götz von Berlichingen and sculptures by Tilman Riemenschneider. The Mühlhausen museums are complemented by the cultural -historical museum, which deals with the interpretation and reception of the peasant war from the 16th century to the present.

opening times and locations

• opening times: Tuesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• locations:
  • Mühlhäuser Museums, Kristanplatz 7, 99974 Mühlhausen.
  • Panorama Museum, Am Schlachtberg 9, 06567 Bad Frankenhausen.

The Hungertaler will return to Kirchheim after the end of the exhibition, while the exhibition in Mühlhausen will continue to bring visitors closer to the social and cultural relationships of that time.