Since 1995, hard-working hands have been restoring the more than 200-year-old buildings, which in future will serve as a museum to provide an insight into the customs and way of life of our ancestors. Unique in northern Thuringia is the Gaden, a cellar house built as a single-storey quarry stone building. With the help of the Hornhardt'sches Rittergut association, many parts have already been faithfully restored. The barn houses a large exhibition of agricultural machinery. In addition to the aforementioned grist mill, history enthusiasts will also find tractors, a juice press and a threshing machine. Mayor Thomas Karnofka explains what sets the collection apart from the usual exhibits in the dusty display cases of other local history museums: "Everything runs, works, can be moved and touched." The laborious process of harvesting in the past can be reconstructed here. Initially, an old forge, a bakery and a slaughterhouse will be built and furnished in the old style. Original materials are used everywhere, from the brickwork window arches to the replica of a "wild man", the name for a beam framework in a half-timbered building. An iron oven is already in place for the bakehouse. Old tools have been found for the smithy. Many pieces come from the private possessions of local residents. Behind other treasures, some of which were found in the Czech Republic, lies not only a long history, but also a long journey. The inn, which is still in use today, is also being restored with a servant's and maid's quarters. An original admonition to moderate alcohol consumption is also at hand. "List of those persons who are declared drunkards" is written in old German script on a yellowed list. In five years at the latest, everything should be finished and the museum of local history on the barn floor should be ready for visitors.