The Würth Collection is based in Künzelsau, Southern Germany, and was established by the entrepreneur and collector Reinhold Würth. This collection is one of the most active private art collections in Europe and can be experienced free of charge at 15 of its own European locations.

What Reinhold Würth has amassed during his more than fifty-year-long passion for collecting spans some five hundred years of art history, ranging from works of the late Middle Ages to the early years of the twenty-first century. The collection includes Southern German Renaissance portraits as well as objects of courtly splendour, and creative ensembles of works by artists such as Anselm Kiefer, Max Ernst, and Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Würth first discovered his inclination for collecting art through late Impressionist and Expressionist works, which were soon followed by classical abstract art—particularly from the École de Paris—as well as figurative positions from the 1960s and 1970s. Exhibitions often served as a source of inspiration for deepening his interest within the framework of the collection, allowing artistic expressions from individual countries such as Austria, Mexico, or Poland to come to the fore. Exceptional artistic personalities including Georg Baselitz, Fernando Botero, David Hockney, and Alex Katz were given generous space, as were first-rate sculptural works, represented by artists such as Horst Antes, Hans Arp, Max Bill, Anthony Caro, Eduardo Chillida, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley, Alfred Hrdlicka, Marc Quinn, and many others.

In this way, a collection has emerged that sets both universal and individual standards and clearly reflects a personally shaped acquisition strategy. Rather than following a systematic approach based on moments of sudden recognition, it reflects a sensitive and curious engagement with artistic movements through association and the exploration of distant horizons, sometimes embracing joyful contradictions within itself. Accordingly, the collection possesses a remarkably broad horizon; its richness is irresistible, its complexity fascinating, and the collecting mindset that underlies it remains very much one of continuing the work. While rooted in subjective interest, it is at the same time linked to a legitimate aspiration toward a profound understanding of social responsibility.

The Würth Museums
Kunsthalle Würth in Schwäbisch Hall—originally designed by Henning Larsens Tegnestue A/S—has been a venue for major temporary exhibitions since 2001 and is set to be expanded by autumn 2026. Just a few minutes' walk away, the Johanniterkirche has been presenting the Old Masters in the Würth Collection since 2008. As early as 1991, the Museum Würth for modern and contemporary art was integrated into the Würth Group's administration building in Künzelsau by the architectural firm Müller-Djordjevic. Its proud counterpart is the Museum Würth 2 in the Carmen Würth Forum, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, which has been home to the collection's key modern and contemporary works since 2020. This museum is enriched by the Sculpture Garden, an outside area with more than 70 characteristic international modern sculptures which is open to visitors all year round. The Hirschwirtscheuer in Künzelsau's old town offers exhibitions in a more informal setting. In addition to these five Würth museums in Germany, ten art galleries have gradually opened in the national companies of the Würth Group since 1999: in Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Austria, Spain, and Switzerland (Arlesheim, Chur, and Rorschach).

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