Millstone museum Steinbrecherhaus
4320 Perg
On the grounds of the large Scherer millstone quarry, the STEINBRECHERHAUS, built around 1802, has been preserved almost entirely in its original state. In 2006, the “Verein Steinbrecherhaus” acquired the house and carefully restored it. The Steinbrecherhaus opened in 2007 as a millstone museum and a venue for cultural events. Over the course of 2024, the exhibition in the Steinbrecherhaus and the adjacent open-air exhibit were redesigned.
Programs for School Groups
At the Millstone Museum, students learn a great deal about how people began grinding grain and how they perfected this process over the centuries with increasingly sophisticated mills. For information on school group programs, visit: sites.google.com/view/muehlsteinmuseum2/startseite/rätselrallye
History - Architecture
Focus of the museum:
- The daily lives of ordinary people in the 19th century
- History of the Perger millstone industry
- Millstones and grinding stones from around the world
- The development of grain milling
- The quarrying and processing of millstones
- Meisinger Mill
- The Millstone in a Cultural and Religious Context
The museum that never closes
The fascinating world of millstones
around the clock
The millstone museum Steinbrecherhaus offers a unique opportunity to experience the history and culture of the Perger millstone crushers around the clock. With an innovative audio guide system, you can explore the various exhibition areas of the freely accessible site at Mühlsteinstraße 43 at any time and at your own pace. The informative and entertaining narrations bring historical objects to life and enable a deep understanding of the town of Perg's past.
The millstone is one of the oldest, most important and above all vital tools of mankind. Because the millstone is the prerequisite for our daily bread. Even in the Bible, in the Book of Moses, it says: "You shall not seize the mill or the millstone, for whoever does so seizes life!
And for centuries, millstones have ensured a certain prosperity for the small market town of Perg. After all, the Perg millstone quarries were famous far and wide and were the largest in the old k&k monarchy.
4320 Perg
Phone +43 664 8183080
mobile +43 664 1803253
E-Mail steinbrecherhaus@gmail.com
Web www.steinbrecherhaus.at/
Web www.pergmuseum.at/
https://www.pergmuseum.at/
Contact person
Mr Obmann Hans Kastl, Dr.
Verein Steinbrecherhaus Perg
4320 Perg
Phone +43 664 8183080
E-Mail steinbrecherhaus@gmail.com
Web www.steinbrecherhaus.at/
Mühlsteinmuseum Hours of Operation
Millstone Museum, Steinbrecherhaus
43 Mühlsteinstraße
Opening Hours:
May through October, every first Saturday from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
and by appointment: 0664/1803253 and 0664/2309961
Available around the clock with an audio guide in the outdoor area
The millstone quarry and the stone-breaker’s house can also be visited as part of a stone-breaker walking tour.
Contact: Perg Local History Museum:
Phone:
Franz Moser +43 650 54 27 780 or
Rosi Pfeiffer +43 664 2159 788
Email: heimathaus-stadtmuseum@perg.at
- by arrangement
- open to the public
- Registration required
By car:
You can reach the main square in Perg from all directions (except north) via the B3 - exit PERG-Mitte, follow the arrows towards the city centre; from the north you can reach Perg via Naarntalstraße (B124) or from the direction of Allerheiligen or via Josefstal.
For a longer stay, park your car at the Hinterbachweg car park - it only costs 1 euro for 5 hours parking. The Steinbrecherhaus can be reached from the main square via the marked Steinbrecherweg-
Train: To Perg train station, then walk approx. 3 minutes to the main square, from the town hall follow the marked Steinbrecherweg
- Parking space: 66
- Parking area for disabled: 1
- Bus parking space: 1
From Monday-Saturday 1 Euro/5 hours at the Hinterbachweg car park For stays up to 2 hours: free short-term parking zone in the city centre - set a parking meter
Shuttle serviceA paid shuttle service for visitors with mobility impairments can be organised on request.
For groups of 6 people or more and for school classes, book on
0664 54 27 786 or 0664 21 59 788
Costof the guided tourat the " ":
Millstone Museumand MillstoneQuarry:
Adults €5.00, children free.
Cost of the puzzle rally:
Adults €5.00, children free.
Cost for school groups, including the puzzle rally: €3.00 per student.
- All weather
- Suitable for groups
- Suitable for schools
- Suitable for pushchairs
- Suitable for single travelers
- Suitable for friends
- Suitable for couples
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
The museum inside the Steinbrecherhaus is only open to groups of 6 or more people by prior arrangement.
Please get in touch for more information.
