Museum Höfli
The Museum Höfli , also known as the “Höfli” district museum in Bad Zurzach , is a museum in Bad Zurzach in the canton of Aargau.
The museum is located in a former canon house , the St. Fulgentiushof or Höfli , in the vicinity of the Verena Minster . It is managed and supervised by the Historical Association of the Bad Zurzach District .
Most of the exhibits are finds from the region. In the entrance area there is a cast of a Roman grave slab from Rheinheim , a mammoth skull with a complete tusk from the gravel pits near Mellikon , petrified sea urchins from the Jura of the Holderbank layers and other fossils.
On the first floor there are showcases with objects about the place of pilgrimage and the early and local history, on the second floor there is an exhibition on trade and handicrafts of the past, topics are the Zurzach trade fair , salt extraction and the discovery of thermal springs . On the third floor there are model representations and finds from Roman and post-Roman times, from the Roman military camp in Zurzach and the Kirchlibuck-Sidelen fort , including two glass bowls and a pillar of the medieval wooden bridge. Handicraft tools and objects from agriculture can be seen in the attic.
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Sea urchins ( Paracidaris florigemma ) from the Upper Jura of the Holderbank strata
Mammoth skull (young animal) with a tusk, found in the Mellikon gravel pit
Roman glass bowls, millefiori glass
literature
- Albert and Hans Rudolf Sennhauser and Alfred Huber (eds.): History of the Fleckens Zurzach. Hist. Vereinigung des Bez. Zurzach, Zurzach 2004, ISBN 3-9522575-2-4 .
- Edward Attenhofer: Zurzach. (= Swiss homeland books no.180), Haupt, Bern 1976.
- R. Laur-Belart, HR Sennhauser, E. Attenhofer, A. Reinle and W. Edelmann: Zurzach. (= Aargau Home Guide, Volume 6). Volksblatt and Sauerländer, Aarau 1960.
- Historical Association of the Zurzach District (ed.): Contributions to the history of the Zurzach district.
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Coordinates: 47 ° 35 '13.1 " N , 8 ° 17' 31.9" E ; CH1903: 664,208 / 271046