Regional Heritage Room in Ząbkowice Śląskie

The Regional Heritage Room in Ząbkowice Śląskie is a municipal museum housed in the Kauffung Knight's House, a historic 17th-century residential building erected in brick in the Renaissance style.

Seat in the Kauffung Knight's House

The institution operates in a building listed in the register of immovable heritage monuments, dated to the first half of the 17th century, which originally served as a residential house.

Founding of the museum

The Room was founded in 1972 on the initiative of Józef Glabiszewski. The institution is a municipal organisational unit of Ząbkowice Śląskie.

Dr Frankenstein's Laboratory and the gravediggers' room

Since 2001 the building has housed Dr Frankenstein's Laboratory, and in 2014 a gravediggers' room was opened, presenting the history of the trial of eight gravediggers.

In Ząbkowice Śląskie

The Ząbkowice Śląskie Castle stands close by, and nearby is the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Ząbkowice Śląskie. The area also has the Jewish cemetery in Ząbkowice Śląskie.

Practical information

• Address: Krzywa 1, Ząbkowice Śląskie
• The institution is open year-round, daily
• Admission is paid, it is worth checking the current price list and hours before your visit
• The building contains, among other things, a house chapel, an internal well and permanent exhibitions