Showcases referring to the Peasants' Wars

Focus on late Middle Ages / beginning of modern times

A major theme of the Tin Figure Cabinet is the Peasants´ Wars in our region. In the years from 1524 to 1525 Southwest Germany saw the uprising of the “common man” against his secular and clerical masters. Several dioramas illustrate the revolts of the Peasants´ War in Freiburg and its outskirts.

Click on one of the items in the list below for further information referring to a certain event.

Der Klick auf einen Eintrag in der untenstehenden Liste führt Sie zu weiteren Informationen zur jeweiligen Szene.

• The battle of Sempach/Switzerland on 9 July 1386 (Diorama 1)
• Hohenlupfen castle and Stühlingen town, Stühlingen county in 1524/1525 (Diorama 3)
• The armed forces of the “Schwäbische Bund” at Dinkelsbuhl 1525 (Diorama 4)
• Austrian knights are mobilized against the fight for freedom of the peasants (Diorama 5)
• The Schneeburg castle near Freiburg is taken by a contingent of the peasants in May 1525 (Diorama 6)
• The peasants' battle on the fields of Rafz in Klettgau county, 4. November 1525 (Diorama 7)
• The peasants of Klettgau county besiege Küssaburg castle in 1525 (Diorama 8)
• Knights waylay a merchant's carriage in Balstal/Switzerland in 1374 (Diorama 9)
• Hans Müller on the march to Freiburg passing Wiesneck castle, May 1525 (Diorama 10)
• Hans Müller on the march to Radolfzell, June 1525 (Diorama 11)
• The Falkenstein castles in Hell Valley (Diorama 12)