Longobard workshop in Zethlingen
The Langobardwerkstatt Zethlingen is an open-air museum on the Mühlenberg von Zethlingen , a district of Kalbe (Milde) and a branch of the Johann Friedrich Danneil Museum in Salzwedel .
About 150 years ago, fire graves were discovered during gravel mining on Mühlenberg near Salzwedel . The Zethlinger Mühlenberg cremation cemetery from the late Roman Empire has been largely excavated and investigated since then and is attributed to the early Lombards in the Middle Elbe-Saale region. There is evidence that early Lombards , an Elbe Germanic tribe, lived in this region before they emigrated - presumably around the year 166 to the Roman Empire.
open air museum
In the meantime, an open-air museum has been built at the site on the Mühlenberg and serves as a museum educational center and presentation of the Zethlingen site. Several times a year workshop weekends take place here, on which the prehistoric and protohistoric world of the Lombards in the Middle Elbe-Saale region is presented. Group tours through the workshop are organized regularly.
The Langobard workshop in Zethlingen has been part of the Danneil Museum since 1990.
Zethlingen cemetery
Archaeological excavations and archaeological experiments carried out in the past and still being carried out at the present time are used for prehistoric research on the prehistory and early history of the Altmark .
literature
- Rosemarie Leineweber : On the creation of the "Zethlingen Langobard workshop" (Altmark). Four years of experimental archeology and museum education in a historical workshop. A balance sheet. In: Annual publication for Central German prehistory. Volume 77, 1995, pp. 331-337.
Web links
- Official website of the Zethlingen Longobard Workshop
- Friends of the Langobardenwerkstatt Zethlingen e. V.
Coordinates: 52 ° 42 ′ 11.8 " N , 11 ° 16 ′ 49.8" E