Seifertshain Medical and Hospital Museum

The exhibition is dedicated to those who were wounded during the fighting and fought for their lives in unimaginable conditions. The museum shows the little-noticed side of the War of 1813 - military medicine, especially war surgery, was still in its infancy, anaesthetics were not yet available and the chances of survival were slim. Special exhibits of the museum are the tin figure dioramas of the medical and hospital system of the Napoleonic era and battlefield finds around Seifertshain. The ensemble of (museum) barn, vicarage, church, cemetery with individual and mass graves of fallen soldiers from 1813 and the graves of Auguste Vater's parents is unique and has been preserved almost in its original state. In future, the focus will increasingly be on the life of the French chief surgeon Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey and his significance for military medicine.

Accessibility:
- unfortunately limited for people with walking difficulties (1st floor, no elevator)
- no restrictions in the outdoor area (herb garden, museum barn and cemetery with graves from 1813 and the house where Auguste Vater was born)