m Black Forest Open-Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof In Gutach, visitors can experience firsthand how the people of the Black Forest have lived, lived and worked over the past four centuries. In authentically furnished Farms, mills, sawmills, living rooms and barns you immerse yourself in the traditional everyday life of this unique region.

The visit is especially exciting for children: In the Museum workshop They can get involved themselves – for example, by making Cuckoo whistles or small water wheels. In the Hotzenwaldhaus There are straw beds to try out and on the “Attic of Childhood” a lovingly designed playroom with a fairy tale corner, puppet theater, school desks and much more.

The Vogtsbauernhof – heart and namesake

The Vogtsbauernhof is the oldest building on the museum grounds and was built in 1612 in the Gutach Valley. It still stands today in its original location and is the symbol of the classical Black Forest house with a typical half-hipped roof. The museum opened in 1964 as the first of its kind in Baden-Württemberg – initially, the Vogtsbauernhof stood alone in the vast landscape.

The project was initiated by Professor Hermann Schilli, who studied the house forms of the Black Forest intensively and published his book "Das Schwarzwaldhaus" in 1953. He had a significant influence on the museum until his death in 1981 and brought important historical buildings from various regions to the museum, which now has over 7 hectare terrain.

Historic buildings to discover

• Hippenseppenhof (1599, Furtwangen-Katzensteig): The oldest farm in the museum, exhibited there since 1966. Here visitors learn, among other things, where the famous Bollenhut comes from and how the Cuckoo clock was created.
• Lorenzenhof (1608, Oberwolfach): Typical Kinzig Valley House with a massive base floor. On the ground floor there is an exhibition on Forestry in the Black Forest, the upper floor shows old trades such as rafting, Glassblowing and Mining.
• Hotzenwaldhaus (Replica of the Klausenhof from Großherrischwand, built in 1756): This house was reconstructed in the museum based on the model from the rugged Hotzenwald forest – with a low hipped roof, a corridor in front as a cold buffer and an integrated workshop and adventure area.
• Schauinslandhaus (built in 1730, converted into a museum in 1981): Striking due to the entrance on the gable side. Inside there is a Schnefler workshop, in which everyday objects such as bowls, spoons or shingles were once made of wood.
• Falconry (built in 1737, from Buchenbach-Wagensteig): Part of the museum since 1999. In the stables, old livestock breeds maintained, while the upper floor maintained the status of 1844 shows – the year in which residential use was abandoned.
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Further highlights at the Vogtsbauernhof

The museum also includes many smaller, but no less interesting buildings:

• Life-giving house & day laborer's house
• granaries, grain mills, saws and a hammer forge
• Hemp grater and two historic chapels

These buildings and workshops make the Vogtsbauernhof open-air museum one of the most important places for lively Black Forest cultural historyWhether with family, as a school class or history buff – here the past becomes tangible.

Arrival & Opening Hours

The museum is from Moosbach Garden in Nordrach in just about 45 minutes accessible by car –

ideal for a half-day trip or a culturally rich holiday in Middle Black Forest.

2025 season:
Open daily from March 23 to November 2, from 9:00 to 18:00
Last entry: 5:00 PM

Contact the museum near Gutach:

Black Forest Open-Air Museum Vogtsbauernhof
77793 Gutach (Black Forest Railway)
Telephone 49 7831/46 79 35 00



Opening hours, prices and further information:https://www.vogtsbauernhof.de/