Opening Hours: closed at the moment
Guidances for groups possible throughout the year by arrangement with +49 9774 / 92 40 or +49 9774 / 91 91 0

Address:
First German Tobacco Museum
Valentin-Rathgeber-House
97656 Oberelsbach
phone +49 9774 8298
telefax +49 9774 919125
http://www.tabakpfeifenmuseum.de/

Last Updated: 12 December 2023

Overall map

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Site map of Oberelsbach

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Last Updated: 27 February 2022

Since October 1996, the First German Tobacco Museum is accommodated in the "Old Schoolhouse" located on a hill next to the parish church and in the middle of the commune of Oberelsbach.

This grand building, visible from everywhere, was erected about 1611 under the aegis of Prince Bishop Julius Echter of Mespelbrunn (reigned 1573-1617) instead of a ruinous predecessor. The "Old Schoolhouse" was renovated and converted to an exhibition building in 1994-1996. This museum surveys the history of smoking in Germany from the 17^th century until today.

Historical tobacco pipes manufactured by German producers and objects of the smoking culture of the 17^th-20^th century are displayed in nine rooms distributed on two floors.

Upstairs is another room dedicated to the heritage of Valentin Rathgeber, the most famous son of the commune of Oberelsbach.

You could find more information on the First German Tobacco Museum here:  http://www.tabakpfeifenmuseum.de/

Last Updated: 27 February 2022

On the following pages you find additional Frankonian composers by religious affiliation.

Benedictines

Fr. Marianus Baal OSB (1657-1701) from Karlstadt (Muensterschwarzach)
4 Motets, 1 Mass, 1 Sonata

Fr. Aemilian Hoenninger OSB (1694-1758) from Koenigshofen/Tauber (Neustadt)
11 Masses
manuscript: 1 Mass
missing: 12 Masses

Fr. Peregrin Poegl OSB (1711-1788) aus Sandau/Bohemia (Neustadt)
32 Antiphons; 21 Masses; 19 Offertories; 6 Sonatas; 6 Vespers; 2 Requiems
manuscript: Offertories; 3 Masses, 1 Hymns, 1 Cantata

Fr. Romanus Schad OSB (1758-1834) from Muersbach (Banz)
manuscript: 2 Hymns „Fracto demum sacramento", 1 Salve Regina

Fr. Stephan Hammel OSB (1756-1830) from Gissigheim (Wuerzburg)
manuscript: 41 Preludes; 3 Masses; 2 Antiphons; 1 Te Deum; 1 Vespers

Fr. Albert Melchior OSB (1662-1727) from Hassfurt (Theres)

Abbot Albericus Ebenhoech OSB (1666-1727) from Eibelstadt (Wuerzburg)

Fr. Meinrad Kaltsch OSB (*1668) from Kitzingen (Muensterschwarzach)

Fr. Amandus Samhaber OSB (*1675) from Gerolzhofen (Muensterschwarzach)

Fr. Wolfgang Erhard OSB (1696-1744) from Sesslach (Banz)

Fr. Wolfgang Tuerkes OSB (1727-1783) from Weingarten (Banz)

Fr. Karl Leim OSB (1755-1824) from Roettingen (Neustadt)

Augustinian Hermits

Fr. Carl Klug OESA (1681-1721) aus Miltenberg (Wuerzburg)

Fr. Benedikt Geisler CRSA (1696-1772) from Dettelbach (Triefenstein)
31 Masses, 18 Offertories; 12 Antiphons; 8 Vespers; 6 Litanies

Fr. Franz Xaver Bittheuser CRSA (*1727) from Roettingen (Triefenstein)
6 Sonatas

Fr. Joseph Krafft CRSA (1750-1812) from Marktschorgast (Heidenfeld)
6 Masses
manuscript:
1 Mass

Fr. Bartholomaeus Thenn OCist (*1736) from Bamberg (Ebrach)
manuscript: 1 Salve Regina, evtl. 1 Partita

Fr. Joseph Kueffner OCist (1770-1833) from Wuerzburg (Schoenthal)
manuscript: 2 Masses

Fr. Emanuel Neubert OCist (1679-1720) from Randersacker (Ebrach)

Br. Kilian Roettinger OCist (1739-1794) from Gerolzhofen (Ebrach)

Fr. Godefridus Degent OCist (1719-1788) from Woerth (Bronnbach)

Fr. Placidus Guenther OCist (1731-1803) from Heidenfeld (Bronnbach)

Fr. Norbert Kauth OCist (1734-1801) from Lengfurt (Bronnbach)

Last Updated: 26 February 2022

The Augustinian Hermit Fr. Coelestin Wuest was born as Balthasar Wuest in Kleinwenkheim  on January 30th, 1720 to the couple Georg and Magdalena Wuest. In the years 1737 to 1741 he studied at the  Augustinian school in Muennerstadt and was temporarily sacristan and consultor of the student congregation. On October 30th, 1742 he professed to the Augustinian monastery of Muennerstadt. Afterwards he moved to Breisach for studying philosophy. On September 18th, 1745 he was ordained. About the year 1746 he acted as organist in Uttenweiler, before he moved as confessor, preacher and organist to Mainz, where he died already on  February 7th, 1761.  Wuest was considered as a „Organista celeberrimus“ and „nobilis Organista“ among his confrères.

Catalogue of Works:
manuscript:
Missa solemnis in D and G

Last Updated: 31 December 2018