Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg

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Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg Konstanz
Petershausen Monastery 03.jpg
Headquarters of the State Museum in Konstanz - old monastery building and modern extension
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place Constance , Baden-Wuerttemberg
Art
opening March 14, 1992
Number of visitors (annually) > 40,000
operator
management
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ISIL DE-MUS-409516

The Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg looks after the state archeology of Baden-Württemberg by archiving archaeological finds from the state and presenting them in special exhibitions and several museums.

The central permanent collection is located in Constance . Other Baden-Württemberg collections and exhibitions are subordinate to the State Museum.

The founding of the State Museum was decided on June 8, 1990 by the State Cabinet Späth . The founding director was Dieter Planck , from 2010 until his retirement on September 1, 2018, Jörg Heiligmann was in charge of the museum and Claus Wolf has been in charge of the museum since July 1, 2019 - as did Dieter Planck at times in personal union with the management of the State Monuments Office .

Central Constance

Dugout canoe from Schluchsee (approx. 650 AD)

The headquarters in Constance houses the most important permanent exhibition of the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. It is housed in the convent building of the former Benedictine Abbey Petershausen and was initially opened as a branch on March 14, 1992. Since 2010 the museum is no longer a branch, but an independent museum. Their large collection presents a cross-section of the country's history by means of a representative selection of archaeological finds.

Permanent exhibitions

The permanent exhibition in Konstanz has 3000 square meters of exhibition space on three floors and consists of several themed rooms:

ground floor

  • Info point on the UNESCO World Heritage Site of prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps
  • Recreational excavation site (rooms 101–103): The methods used by the archaeologist to gain knowledge during excavations are presented here.
  • Menhir from Weilheim
  • The human being (room 104): for the development of human beings
  • Dugout canoes , gliders , steamers (room 105): History of shipping in south-west Germany
  • Ship finds from Lake Constance (room 106), including the oldest ship from Lake Constance, a medieval cargo ship that was found off Immenstaad . The outline of the barge is particularly emphasized by the external facade of the extension.
  • Former refectory (room 111) for lectures
Flint dagger from the pile dwelling settlement of Allensbach , 2900 BC Chr.

First floor

Second story

  • Breisach (room 301)
  • Trossingen (room 302)
  • Living conditions in medieval towns and villages (room 303)
  • Konstanz (room 304): Urban archeology - The discoveries of the last ten years of urban archeology in Konstanz and the development of the Roman fort are presented.
  • Learning from latrines (room 305): The story tells us what is thrown away
  • Fun and games in the Middle Ages (room 306); Among other things, you can see the oldest mask from southwest Germany
  • Crypt artifacts of the Counts von Sulz from the Tiengen Church of St. Maria Himmelfahrt (room 308): Religion determines life
  • The underground city archive (room 309): The doors to the past

Special exhibits

Trossinger lyre , 580 AD
  • Since 2007, the State Museum has presented the so-called Trossinger Lyre , a find from an Alemannic grave near Trossingen , which is dated to the year 580 AD. The lyre is almost completely preserved and is considered the best-preserved of the 15 known early medieval examples.
  • In the entrance area, in the area of ​​the stairs, there is the original of the Weilheim menhir , a partially relief monolith from the early Bronze Age .
  • The oldest ship on Lake Constance from 1340 AD was used to transport goods and is shown in a specially built glass annex of the museum.
  • Further highlights are presented on the museum's website.

Archeology & Playmobil

Since 2006, the Archeology and Playmobil exhibition has been taking place regularly on the top floor of the Konstanz headquarters at Christmas time. Here, on 100 square meters, various historical epochs are represented using toy figures. The topics included:

  • 2006/2007: Knights, Vikings and Romans
  • 2008/2009: Archeology, Middle Ages, Vikings, Egyptians and Romans ( Alexandrian War )
  • 2009/2010: Excavations in Constance, life in a medieval castle, Vikings and Roman culture in the realm of the pharaohs
  • 2010/2011: Knights, Saracens and Celts
  • 2011/2012: Life on the Roman Limes , in Stone and Bronze Age pile dwellings and in the Ice Age world of the Swabian Alb
  • 2012/2013: Large state exhibition Baden-Württemberg 2012: The world of the Celts . Centers of power. Treasures of art (together with the State Museum Württemberg , in cooperation with the State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council and the Historical Museum Bern )
  • 2013 to 2015: Full to the top - Constance and its council (on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of the Constance Council )
  • 2015 to 2017: The pile dwellings! (on the occasion of the great national exhibition 4,000 years of pile dwellings )

Insights from the museum

  • Main entrance

  • Museum foyer (ground floor)

  • Cash desk / museum shop

  • Permanent exhibition on the methodology of archaeological excavations, detail: drawing machine (field pantograph)

  • New building (seen from the inside) with permanent exhibition on the history of shipping; Cargo sailors from the Middle Ages, found in 1981 in Lake Constance near Immenstaad

  • Ice Age finds: bone tool for smoothing spears made of reindeer bones, decorated with reindeer images; two stylized female figures, carved from gagat.

  • Votive stone for salvation after a ship accident (227 AD) from Marbach am Neckar

  • Steps from the Roman theater of Ladenburg. The names of the seat owners, for example Optati Tetrici ([level of] Optatus Tetricus), are carved into the seats; other labels refer to foundations LOPODVN [ensibus] Q. VENNONIVS, ... SQ CASSIUS (the Lopodunens donated by Quintus Vennonius ... Quintus Cassius).

  • Plank wall from a medieval house in Constance.

Events

In addition to children's, group, family, senior and special tours to the permanent and special exhibitions as well as throughout the museum, there are also holiday activities and museum educational programs such as conferences, readings, torch tours, festivals, markets, workshops , birthdays and other entertainment programs . Admission is free on the first Saturday of each month.

Other collections

The Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg oversees the following archaeological branch museums:

As the central documentation centers of the Upper German-Raetian Limes world cultural heritage :

The central archive in the former fortress hospital in Rastatt houses the storage objects.

National exhibitions

The Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg presented the major state exhibitions Baden-Württemberg in 1997 "The Alamanni ", 2005 " Imperium Romanum - Rome's provinces on the Neckar, Rhine and Danube" and 2009 "Ice Age - Art and Culture", which were held in changing exhibition buildings in Stuttgart (for example in the art building on Schloßplatz or in the building of the Landesbank Baden-Württemberg ). The Archaeological State Museum was in charge of the implementation of the large special exhibition " Troy - Dream and Reality" in 2001 and, together with the State Monument Preservation of Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with the Federseemuseum Bad Buchau and the State Palaces and Gardens of Baden-Württemberg, it had another Large state exhibition with the theme "4,000 years of pile dwellings" prepared, which was shown until October 2016 in the Schussenried monastery and in the Federseemuseum Bad Buchau.

Rastatt office with central archives and branch museums department

The central archives of the Landesmuseum in Rastatt , Baden , opened on June 4, 1999. It is housed in the former military hospital of the Rastatt fortress and serves the central storage of archaeological finds from Baden-Württemberg that cannot be exhibited in the museums. For example, the skeleton finds from the area of ​​the former Vincentius Hospital in Constance near the Schottenkapelle St. Jakob (Constance) are kept in the archive of the State Office for Monument Preservation in Rastatt.

The Rastatt branch also houses the branch museum department of the Baden-Württemberg State Archaeological Museum.

See also

literature

  • Dieter Planck (Ed.): Archeology in Baden-Württemberg. The State Archaeological Museum, Konstanz branch. Edited by the Archaeological State Museum, Konstanz branch. Theiss, Stuttgart 1994, ISBN 3-8062-1168-X .
  • Faith, Art and Play (= Almanac 1). Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Theiss, Stuttgart 1996, ISBN 3-8062-1293-7 .
  • Golden centuries. The Bronze Age in Southwest Germany (= Almanac 2). Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Theiss, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8062-1298-8 .
  • The magnificent Roman portal of Ladenburg (= Almanac 3). Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Theiss, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-8062-1376-3 .
  • From blacksmiths, die-makers and carpenters. Urban crafts in the Middle Ages (= Almanac 4). Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Theiss, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-8062-1422-0 .
  • Dugout canoe, glider, steamboat. Early shipping in southwest Germany (= Almanach 5/6). Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Theiss, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8062-1500-6 .
  • Over the Alps. People - ways - goods (= ALManach 7/8). Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1733-5 .
  • The screw between power and splendor. The thread in antiquity. Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg and the Museum Würth. Thorbecke, Sigmaringen 1995, ISBN 3-7995-3628-0 .
  • The Alemanni . Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Theiss, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-8062-1302-X .
  • Troy. Dream and reality. Published by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg et al. Theiss, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8062-1543-X .
  • Imperium Romanum - Rome's provinces on the Neckar, Rhine and Danube. Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Theiss, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8062-1945-1 .
  • Under the protection of mighty walls. Late Roman forts in the Lake Constance area. Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg, among others, Frauenfeld 2005, ISBN 3-9522941-1-X .
  • Before the Romans came. Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg et al. Sulgen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9522941-3-0 .
  • Ice Age - Art and Culture. Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0832-2 .
  • With lyre and sword. Edited by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg. Friedberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812181-2-1 .
  • The World of the Celts: Centers of Power and Treasures of Art Ed. By the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg, the State Museum Württemberg and the State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council, Ostfildern 2012, ISBN 978-3-7995-0752-3
  • Romans, Alemanni, Christians. Early Middle Ages on Lake Constance Ed. By the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg and the Museum of Archeology Thurgau, Frauenfeld 2013 ISBN 978-3-9522941-6-1
  • GlasKlar - Archeology of a valuable material published by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg, Friedberg 2015 ISBN 978-3-9817006-1-9
  • 4,000 years of pile dwellings published by the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg and the State Office for Monument Preservation in the Stuttgart Regional Council, Ostfildern 2016 ISBN 978-3-7995-0676-2

Web links

Commons : Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Schluchsee: Dugout canoe swims into the museum , Badische Zeitung of June 9, 2011, accessed on June 12, 2011
  2. ↑ About us // Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg ( Memento from May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg: Highlights - Overview ; accessed on June 9, 2020
  4. ↑ a b Luisa Rische: On a journey through time with Playmobil , Südkurier, December 15, 2010, accessed on February 12, 2012
  5. ↑ wasistwas.de: Archeology and Playmobil  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.wasistwas.de   , Accessed February 12, 2012
  6. ↑ Fritjof Schultz-Friese: One of the largest Playmobil exhibitions in Germany at the ALM Konstanz , Bodensee-Woche, January 9, 2009, accessed on February 12, 2012
  7. ↑ kunst-und-kultur.de: National Archaeological Museum Exhibition: ARCHEOLOGY and Playmobil , access February 12, 2012
  8. ↑ konstanz.alm-bw.de: Archeology and Playmobil ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed February 12, 2012  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.konstanz.alm-bw.de
  9. ↑ http://www.kelten-stuttgart.de/
  10. ^ Ralf Baumann: 25 years of the State Archaeological Museum. In “Konstanzer Almanach”, 2018, pp. 70–71.
  11. ↑ http://www.pfahlbauten2016.de/
  12. ↑ Lukas Ondreka: The dead from the Vincentius area. In: Südkurier , November 13, 2018, p. 19.