Protection against war

In former times fortified churches were asylums against attacks or wars. Farmers securely stored their crop plants there. When danger is imminent farmers were safe, too. The fortified church complex was the best position to defend the village. The church was protecting and protected as part of this complex.

Protection for history

Today you see a private collection of a doctor from Geldersheim exhibited at the complex. Dr. Hans Hahn collected picked funds of the surrounding countryside since 1948.

Merovingians and Carolingians in Franconia is another main focus of the museum.