Overview
- Weilheim’s private Krippenmuseum is running the special show “Krippen aus aller Welt,” anchored by the 140‑figure Provençal Freiberger crèche on long‑term loan from the Krippenverein Tegernseer Tal after its donation by Waltraud and Heinz Freiberger.
- The Weilheim display features around 200 scenes with figures up to 350 years old, including a 1721 painted board crèche by Baptist Wenzel, recent additions from Africa, and inventive settings such as aquariums and lanterns.
- The museum operates in a monument‑protected, near‑climate‑neutral building and reports strong outreach, guiding about 25 school classes and roughly 1,600 children for free last year while running hands‑on crèche‑building courses.
- Schongau’s Stadtmuseum has opened a separate show of roughly 20 nativity scenes spanning three centuries, including 18th‑century pieces, century‑old wax figures, a Provence santons set, and Markus Horner’s tuff‑stone work crafted over two decades; it runs through January 18, 2026.
- The regional tradition extends to public trails such as the Dachau Krippenpfad, now in its fifth year, organized by the Ampertaler Krippenfreunde with 53 members and growing demand for their autumn building courses.