Schloss- und Gustav-Schwab-Museum

Beschreibung

The Gustav-Schwab-Museum in Schloss Gomaringen commemorates the life and work of the Württemberg writer Gustav Schwab.

Schwab served as pastor in Gomaringen from 1837 to 1841 and used the castle as his residence and official seat; the building remained the parsonage until 1993. During this time he produced numerous poems; he also wrote here his biography of Friedrich Schiller as well as Sagen des klassischen Altertums (1838–1840). He frequently received friends and fellow writers such as Ludwig Uhland and Justinus Kerner; Nikolaus Lenau praised the Spätzle and was surprised by the host’s Swabian dialect.

In 1994 the castle passed into municipal ownership and was subsequently extensively renovated. In 1998 the Gomaringer Geschichts- und Altertumsverein opened the building as a cultural centre, which, in addition to the Gustav-Schwab-Museum, also houses an adult education centre and a music school.

The exhibition occupies two rooms on the upper floor, Schwab’s former apartment; there pictures, documents and first editions are displayed that recall his stay in Gomaringen. One focus is on his regional research into the Swabian Jura. The exhibition was developed in close collaboration with the Arbeitsstelle für Literarische Museen in Marbach am Neckar.