Peasant War 1626 – Between History and Fiction

What's it about?

The year 1626 is almost symptomatic of the rapid change that Europe was undergoing at the beginning of the 17th century. The exhibition shows precisely these preconditions and contextual conditions that were to lead to the armed uprising in the region above the Enns. It offers insight into the living worlds of the population, marked by multiple crises, and follows the initial successes of the rebels in May 1626, through the ultimately failed siege of Linz Castle, to their devastating defeats in November of that year. The six months of armed uprising were followed by 400 years of history and historiography. During this time, the events of the uprising were constantly reinterpreted against the background of changing interests and made the subject of political instrumentalization. From the perspective of a 21st-century society, the exhibition addresses this process of remembering and commemorating over four centuries and asks how this continues to shape the narrative of the Upper Austrian Peasant War to this day. More about the exhibition More about the communale oö 2026 program at communale.at