Watch fever and festive mood: Lindenau invites you to the Pentecost event!

Watch fever and festive mood: Lindenau invites you to the Pentecost event!

in the picturesque Lindenau, a place in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, the watch museum opens its doors at Pentecost. Especially today, June 5, 2025, visitors can dive into the fascinating world of watches. The museum is known for its impressive collection, which includes old regulators from the 1920s, as well as wall clocks from different eras and the popular Ruhla alarm clocks. Interested parties will find the museum in the .

In addition to the watch museum, the annual park festival also takes place in Lindenau. This family event offers numerous activities for children, musical entertainment as well as an antique and flea market. Parents and children can enjoy some of the attractions together and relax in the beautiful park landscape.

Another important watch museum is located in Ruhla, which is located in a historic clinker building from 1932. This cultural monument of the Free State of Thuringia houses an impressive exhibition of 1,300 watch products that are presented on an area of ​​around 200 square meters. This collection is not only of interest for watch lovers, but also shows the successes of the watch industry in the region.

Watch production in Ruhla has a long tradition, which was particularly shaped by the development of the “Fearless” pocket watch. In the best years of the watch industry, up to 50,000 watches were produced and sent every day, which secured many people in the region of work and livelihood. Exhibition pieces also include assembly, regulery and manufacturing facilities, which occupy 15% of the total area. The philosophy of the Gebrüder Thiel and its successors for traditional watch production are presented in detail on 50 image boards.

These unprecedented insights into watch technology and cultural history of both cities make the watch museum in Lindenau and the in Ruhla on worthwhile goals for everyone who is interested in the fascinating world of time measurement. Visitors now have the opportunity to look at the historical exhibits in the Lindenau clock museum and the impressive collections in Ruhla and to learn more about the rich local history.