The museum is situated in Hibsch’s native village of Homole u Panny in the local school that he used to attend. Although the one room in the original single-class school is small, it is packed with information about the – half-forgotten in this country – prominent geologist who dedicated his life to studying the volcanic rocks of the Central Bohemian Uplands and created what was at the time the most detailed description of volcanoes in existence.
Besides the fascinating and well-written exhibition about Hibsch’s life, the museum also displays a great many minerals and fossils from the Tertiary deposits of the Most region, now mined out, and visitors can also find out about Hibsch’s initiative to save valuable geological sites and the geological nature trail from Skalice to Žitenice, called “Hibschweg” from 1927, describing volcanic phenomena to the public. There is also a reprint of all 21 sheets of Hibsch’s detailed geological maps with descriptions, which is available for perusal.
The museum itself has the pleasant atmosphere of an old type of museum. In order to get inside, it is best to ask the locals sitting under the linden tree by the pub, who will refer you to the mayor or another volunteer, who will gladly open the door and lead you right to the very end of an empty corridor, where he will proudly show you the museum and the commemorative book. Not just anyone comes here – and when they do, it is an excursion of the cream of world geology!
Situated not far from the museum is the J. E. Hibsch Memorial, erected to mark the 125th anniversary of his birth in Homole. (It is ironic that the memorial was placed on the site of a memorial to those killed during the world wars, which at that time was is very poor condition and mostly forgotten, as the memorial bore the names of the German inhabitants killed in the wars, and their descendants were moved out after the war. However, there is a conciliatory end to the story: Mr Ptáček, the local mayor, had the memorial moved to the cemetery and the inscription restored.
Hurník, S.: Zavátá minulost Mostecka, Regionální museum v Mostě 2001. s. 3-8.
Radoň, M.: Fritz Seeman – geolog a nejnadanější žák profesora Hibsche, Zprávy a studie Regionálního muzea v Teplicích 27, 2008
Radoň, M.:, Julius Frieser - soudní úředník a sběratel minerálů, Zprávy a studie Regionálního muzea v Teplicích 27, 2016
Radoň, M.:, Arthur Sheit- mineralog a středoškolský profesor, Zprávy a studie Regionálního muzea v Teplicích 31, 2016
Ulrych, J.: Josef Emanuel Hibsch-Syn sopečného pohoří. Nejvýznamnější geolog Českého Středohoří. Vesmír, 76/1997, č. 11. s. 632-633. URL:
