Attraction House of Culture & Ganghofer Museum

The former Leutasch village school from 1950 now houses the "Kulturhaus Ganghofer Museum". The life of the Bavarian writer Ludwig Ganghofer, the traditional hunting in Leutasch and its long regional history are displayed.

Description

In the former Leutasch village school from the year 1950, today the Cultural Center Ganghofer Museum is housed. Now, the newly adapted classrooms depict the life of the Bavarian writer Ludwig Albert Ganghofer, the traditional hunting in Leutasch, and its long regional history.

Particularly, the numerous changing special exhibitions, the public library, and various cultural events make the Ganghofer Museum in Leutasch regularly a versatile place of encounter.

Recently, the museum has also hosted a “Living Workshop”: Hermann Klocker, a passionate woodcarver from Telfs, has set up his carving studio on the first floor. Interested museum visitors are welcome to watch him work and learn interesting facts about woods and their craftsmanship.

WRITER LUDWIG GANGHOFER
As the perhaps most famous Bavarian writer, Ludwig Ganghofer spent over 20 years of most of his time in his hunting lodge "Hubertus" not far from the Tilfussalm in the picturesque Gaistal. There, he found inspiration for his most well-known works, foremost of course “The Silence in the Woods.” Many exhibits of the Ganghofer Museum are directly related to the Bavarian author and his hunting lodge. However, what is particularly remarkable are the displayed photographs. As a nature and hunting enthusiast, he was truly infatuated with the mountains, dedicated himself with great passion to landscape photography, and developed the elaborate images himself in the darkroom he set up in the hunting lodge. His hunting lodge in Gaistal became around 1900 a meeting place for many well-known personalities. His guests included Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Richard Strauss, conductor Bruno Walter, the world-famous singer Leo Slezak; sometimes the entire ensemble of the Vienna Burgtheater even visited him, as well as painters Franz von Stuck, Fritz Kaulbach, Franz Defregger, Mathias Schmid, Hugo Engl, and Hermann Ebers.

His circle of friends also included Johannes Brahms, Johann Strauss Jr., Rainer Maria Rilke, Ricarda Huch, Gerhard Hauptmann, Thomas Mann, and even the Emperor (Wilhelm II.).

In the extensive collection of the Ganghofer Museum, the two books “Ludwig Ganghofer in the Wetterstein Mountains” and the “House Book of Hubertus” can also be found. Both provide detailed insights into the life and work of the Bavarian writer, nature lover, and bon vivant Ludwig Ganghofer.

The woodcarver Hermann Klocker is virtually part of the inventory of the Ganghofer Museum. He brings the building to life with the wonderful scent of Swiss pine and pipe tobacco.
Read his entire story on our blog.

Guided tours for groups of 10 or more upon telephone arrangement.
Admission without a guided tour: per person € 3.50 (€ 3.00 per person with guest card)
Admission with a guided tour: € 5.00 per person for groups of 10 or more, free admission for children up to 14 years

The ground floor of the museum is barrier-free accessible, but the first floor can only be reached via stairs. A wheelchair-accessible toilet can be found near the nearby cemetery.