Kapitelhaus Wittlohe mit zeitgeschichtlicher Werkstatt
Historical building
Museum of local history and geography
A red brick house with a red gabled roof and a green door, surrounded by a paved courtyard and trees.
A brick building with a red tile roof and a green wooden door, surrounded by a paved area and a garden.
A sign in front of a historic building in Wittlohe, surrounded by green trees and sunshine.
A two-story brick building surrounded by green trees and sunny lawns.
A historic brick building with a gabled roof, surrounded by a well-manicured lawn and trees in the summer.
The chapter house is the oldest secular building in the district of Verden. It dates back to the 13th century and was completely renovated in 1989.
Since 2019, it has been a regional museum, exhibition and research site for the history of the region.
The aim is to give local history a face and create a link between the past and present. The Kapitelhaus archive is open to the public. The foundation stone for a history workshop was laid in 2015 under the motto "Discovering our history - Kirchlinteln network". The association Zeitgeschichtliche Werkstatt im Kapitelhaus zu Wittlohe e.V. is part of a network of remembrance culture in the district of Verden.
In the late Middle Ages, the chapter house with its cellar was the structural court of the church chapter, it was a tax collection point and functioned as a court of law for a good two hundred years after the Reformation. In more recent times, it was a prison, refugee accommodation, wash house and bakery.
