Museum Schloss Fechenbach
The Fechenbach Castle Museum (formerly Dieburg District and City Museum ) shows historical objects from Dieburg and the Darmstadt-Dieburg district . It is located at Eulengasse 8 on the edge of the historic Dieburg old town in Fechenbach Castle .
collection
The collection is dedicated to archeology and folklore and includes pieces from all historical epochs, with the Roman period traditionally taking up a large part of the exhibition space. After a renovation (completed in 2007), the exhibitions of prehistory and modern times could also be expanded. Regular special exhibitions complete the program.
The exhibitions of prehistory, Roman times and the Middle Ages are located in the basement of the building. Various stone monuments are presented in the stairwell, including a copy of the Kleestädter Leugenstein . The first room in the basement contains a presentation of various methods of archeology .
prehistory
The earliest human settlement finds are exhibited in the second basement room with a focus on the Neolithic period . The fertile loess soils of the Dieburger Basin made it possible to settle the region early on, which is reflected in numerous finds. The finds illustrate the living conditions of the individual epochs. The Bronze Age and the subsequent Iron Age each occupy a further room .
Roman times
As the main location of the Civitas Auderiensium, there are numerous finds from Roman Dieburg . The department is structured according to seven different keywords:
- A model of the Roman Villa Haselburg is shown under the heading “Trade and Industry” .
- "Structural engineering" uses the finds to illustrate various technical achievements of the Roman era, including how a hypocaust heater works . Regional finds of cladding bricks with roller stamp decor explain the possibilities for wall plastering.
- Stone monuments from Dieburg and the surrounding area are shown in the "World of Gods" section, including a giant Jupiter column .
- Under "Burial" mainly finds from the six Roman burial fields that were excavated around Dieburg are shown.
- “Eating and Drinking Customs” shows the eating habits of the time, mainly using ceramic finds.
- As was common in Roman times, the triclinium makes it possible to sit on the lounger in a dining room.
- The highlight of the Roman department is the reconstructed Mithraeum with cult image, which is supported by a multimedia offer.
middle Ages
The collection on the Middle Ages is located in the last two basement rooms . It contains finds from the Franconian times as well as from the castle, which has been tangible since the 12th century, and the early history of Dieburg. A room on the ground floor is already dedicated to the Dieburg aristocratic families, especially the Ulner von Dieburg and the lords of Groschlag .
Modern times
The pottery trade has been demonstrable in Dieburg since Roman times . One room shows the history of Dieburg pottery from Roman times through the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
Of the other rooms on the ground floor, one is dedicated to the building history of the castle, the Barons von Fechenbach, who gave the castle its name, and the 19th and 20th centuries. The latter contains a grocery store.
The upper floor now houses a hall, conference rooms, the special exhibition and the museum café.
literature
- Monika Eschner: Museums in Hessen. A handbook of the publicly accessible museums and collections in the state of Hesse. 4th completely revised and expanded edition. Hessischer Museumsverband, Kassel 1994, ISBN 3-9800-508-8-2 , p. 368.
- Egon Schallmayer : Dieburg - District and City Museum. In: Dietwulf Baatz , Fritz-Rudolf Herrmann (Hrsg.): The Romans in Hessen. 3. Edition. 1989. Licensed edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-933203-58-9 , p. 256.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ CIL 13, 09121 .
- ↑ Dietwulf Baatz: Cladding tiles with roller stamp patterns from southern Hesse. In: Saalburg-Jahrbuch 44, 1988 pp. 65–83.
Coordinates: 49 ° 53 ′ 59 ″ N , 8 ° 50 ′ 18 ″ E