Limes Museum Aalen

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Limes Museum

The Limes Museum Aalen is an archaeological museum with an attached open-air facility in Baden-Württemberg Aalen . The museum is a branch museum of the Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg and at the same time the largest museum on the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes, which is classified as a world cultural heritage by UNESCO . The museum is located on the site of the largest Roman equestrian fort north of the Alps. In May 2019, after two and a half years of renovation and closure, it was reopened with a newly designed permanent exhibition and energy-efficient renovation.

museum

The masked helmet of the Alexander type that came out of the ground in 1978 during the expansion of the Limes Museum
The Mithras relief, found in Osterburken

The main focus of the ground floor is on the Roman occupation history of south-west Germany in the 2nd century AD and the Aalen fort . Restored finds from the former fort and the associated vicus are exhibited in the permanent exhibition . Household items, jewelry, ceramic and metal objects are on display, as well as numerous weapons from Roman and Alemannic times. The highlights of the exhibition include the treasure find from the fort village of Buch and a replica of the Jupiter giant column from Walheim , which, due to its size, extends up to the upper floor at around 6.5 m.

The collection of important stone monuments, including consecration stones and inscriptions from the Limes region, is located near the column. A pewter figurine diorama several meters long shows a summer day in AD 213 on the Raetian Limes at the time of the Caracalla campaign .

The exhibition is supplemented by numerous true-to-original replicas, models and multimedia stations. An extensive museum educational program is offered to visitors and children .

Further stations of the Limes are presented on the upper floor.

In association with the Archaeological State Museum of Baden-Württemberg, the museum publishes the specialist publication Writings of the Limes Museum Aalen (formerly titled: Small writings on the knowledge of the Roman occupation history of Southwest Germany ) on the Roman history of Southwest Germany. The series is aimed particularly at laypeople and those interested. Each booklet usually highlights a central aspect of the Roman history of southern Germany.

Outdoor area

The open-air site is an archaeological park on the central section of the former fort, the Latera praetorii , which has been secured from building over . There a signposted circular route leads to the exposed, in situ (on site) partially reconstructed remains of the former staff building ( Principia ) as well as to a model section of a former crew barracks. A wooden Roman construction crane was set up in front of the once mighty rectangular multi-purpose building, which is in front of the staff building. Along the circular route above the former flag shrine in the Principia , various replicas of important stone monuments from various places in the Upper Germanic-Raetian Limes are set up, including the two building inscriptions of the Aalen fort, the tombstone of Victorinus Longinus from Ala II Flavia (location Augsburg), a pond relief for the goddess Epona from Beihingen am Neckar as well as the group of statues from the guard post 10/37 “In der Schneidershecke” .

The partial reconstruction of a team barracks was made in the late summer of 2005 at the point where two farm buildings rose up in antiquity, which were archaeologically researched in 2004. As no corresponding findings have become known from Aalen due to the overbuilding, the barrack was planned and built on the basis of the excavations in Fort Heidenheim , where the Ala II Flavia horsemen , who were once stationed in Aalen, were originally located.

The outdoor area is the setting for the biennial Roman Festival.

  • Outside area, foundation walls of the staff building

  • Wooden Roman construction crane in the outdoor area

  • 2005 reconstructed section of a team barracks

  • Building inscription 1 of the Aalen fort

  • Group of statues by Wp 10/37 at the Odenwald Limes. Replica in the outdoor area of ​​the museum.

Special exhibitions (selection)

  • 2010: Ton + Technik - Roman bricks .
  • 2013: Caracalla. Emperor, tyrant, general .
  • 2014: Broken shine - large Roman bronzes at the Limes UNESCO World Heritage Site

literature

  • Philipp Filtzinger : Limes Museum Aalen. Society for the Promotion of the Württemberg State Museum Stuttgart, Stuttgart 1991.
  • Philipp Filtzinger: Aalen (AA) - Limes Museum. In: Ph. Filtzinger (Ed.): The Romans in Baden-Württemberg. 3rd edition Stuttgart: Theiss, 1986. ISBN 3-8062-0287-7 , pp. 210f.
  • Dieter Planck : Aalen (AA) - fort for 1000 riders. In: D. Planck (Ed.): The Romans in Baden-Württemberg. Roman sites from Aalen to Zwiefalten. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart, 2005. ISBN 3-8062-1555-3 , pp. 9-18.
  • Martin Kemkes u. a .: Broken shine - large Roman bronzes at the Limes UNESCO World Heritage Site . Nünnerich-Asmus Verlag + Media, Mainz 2013 ISBN 978-3-943904-59-8

Series of publications

  • Writings of the Limes Museum Aalen (former title: Small writings on the knowledge of the Roman occupation history of Southwest Germany ), 57 editions published by 2009.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Kilb : In the Wild West of the Roman Empire. Life in Kleinbonum, Laudanum and Aquarium: Aalen's Limes Museum has redesigned its permanent exhibition . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung No. 163 of July 17, 2019, p. 11.
  2. ↑ CIL 03, 05822
  3. ↑ Markus Scholz : Two commercial buildings in the Limes fort Aalen . In: Andreas Thiel (Ed.): Research on the function of the Limes. Volume 2. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-8062-2117-6 , p. 107.
  4. ^ AE 1986, 528 .
  5. ^ Ulrich Brandl and Emmi Federhofer: Ton + Technik. Roman bricks. Theiss, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2403-0 ( publications from the Limes Museum Aalen. No. 61 )
  6. ^ Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg (ed.): Caracalla. Emperor, tyrant, general . Verlag Philipp von Zabern, Darmstadt / Mainz 2013, ISBN 978-3-8053-4611-5 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 50 ′ 10 ″  N , 10 ° 5 ′ 4 ″  E