The exhibition in Schalkenmehren presents home weaving products and provides insights into the economic and social significance of the former cooperative.
At the beginning of the 20th century, Schalkenmehren, like many Eifel villages, was characterized by small-scale farming. The young primary school teacher Anna Lehnert set out to revive the once existing rural weaving tradition and thus find a way out of poverty.
The idea bore more and more fruit, leading to the founding of the Home Weaving Cooperative Schalkenmehren eG in 1926. Until the 1980s, it produced high-quality woven pieces appreciated throughout Germany under the trademark "Maartuch".
In the former village school in Schalkenmehren, a museum was established in 1993 in memory of the weaving tradition, showcasing the history of the cooperative as well as its social and economic significance impressively. In the ground floor, visitors can admire looms, spinning wheels, and reels. Cases display small artworks from six decades. The upper floor is dedicated to the themes "Wool and Wool Processing," "Clothing and Old Handicrafts," and the journey "from Flax to Linen." Additionally, an Eifel-style kitchen is recreated.
Gain fascinating insights into a different world and a nearly lost craft tradition!
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