Exhibitions

Sinsheim was a stronghold during the German democracy and liberty movement of 1848-49. At the Historic City Hall (now the City and Liberty Museum), the pharmacist Mayer declared the democratic republic and then marched with 250 armed franctireurs toward Heidelberg to support the Hecker Revolt there…

Sinsheim has an interesting and changeful history. It was a free imperial city during the Middle Ages with the right to hold markets and mint coins. In 1525, peasants and citizens fighting for their freedom fought the arbitrariness of the canons and aristocracy at Steinsberg Castle, after which the city suffered many devastating wars. Sinsheims citizens, however, did not give up and built their beautiful city hall using latticed framework only a few years following the fire of 1689…

Experience an exciting trip through time in the Historic City Hall, with over 800m², from the Stone Age up to the times of the Wilhelm Kaiserreich:

• Pre- and early history
• Karl Wilhelmi – Founder of modern archaeology in southern Germany
• Lapidarium – stone records from history
• From the blossoming of the imperial city in the Middle Ages to the Peasant Uprising in 1525, from the foundation of the Benedictine monastery under Emperor Henry IV until its dissolution
• The Thirty Years’ War, the Battle of Sinsheim in 1674 under Marshall Turenne and the Great Fire of 1689 under General Melacc
• Sinsheim between Biedermeiers and the Revolution of 1848-49
• Emigration to America
• Franz Sigel – freedom fighter on two continents
• Living and working in Kraichgau around 1900, old examples of artisanry