Museum village Düppel
 Reconstructed granary (13th century) |
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Berlin-Nikolassee 
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The Museumsdorf Düppel is an open-air museum located on the Krummes Fenn landscape protection area in Berlin-Nikolassee , founded in 1975 and part of the Stadtmuseum Berlin Foundation . Its name refers to the surrounding area of Düppel . An entire village including its environment was reconstructed as it should have existed in the Middle Ages around 800 years ago. It is developing into a place that is committed to participation and sustainability, where life in the Middle Ages can be emulated and experienced.
history
Archaeological finds indicate that Düppel was first settled as a rest station between Saarmund and Spandau secured with a palisade around 1170, i.e. during the stabilization and regional development of the Margraviate of Brandenburg, which was finally conquered from the Slavs 14 years earlier by the Ascan Albrecht the Bear . It was about half the distance between the two places and was roughly the distance that a team of oxen could make during the day. Under the protection of the palisade, the ox teams could spend the night in safety and with a drink. It is very likely that a Slavic village near Machnow already existed in the vicinity and the dating of the finds suggests that in the first half of the 13th century a mixed Slavic-German population lived in the village in a very likely peaceful coexistence and merged with one another. The village did not emerge until a few years later, perhaps it would take another 20 years from the conversion from a safe resting place to a village. Around 1230 the settlement had around eight courtyards, which were placed around a large village square in a horseshoe shape for protection. Later research could not confirm an earlier assumption of up to 16 farmsteads. The settlement was apparently only quite small during its existence, so few small finds could be made accordingly. The abandonment of the settlement around 1230 (sandy soils, mainly livestock farming) can be seen in connection with the re-establishment of Zehlendorf (clay soils, grain industry ) around 1220 (first documented mention in 1242 as Cedelendorp ). The discovery of a horse's head in a well, which speaks for a specific poisoning of the well water, speaks for a specific task. The village, which later fell into desolation, has been exposed, rebuilt and now accessible as a museum village in the summer months .
Buildings and landscape were reconstructed on an area of eight hectares.
“The past can be visualized in a unique way with living and dead inventory. Backbred breeds of domestic animals and long-forgotten crops are just as much a part of it as the practice of old craft . The results of the practical activities are published regularly and make Düppel an internationally recognized center for experimental archeology in the middle of Berlin. "
There is also information about medieval beekeeping , pottery and blacksmithing, as well as contemporary farming life.
Facilities
The tour through the village shows the following medieval reconstructions:
- Various historical houses, some with their traditional interiors,
- House with tarragon ,
- Bakery, forge, pottery stand and granary,
- excavated well, reconstructed well,
- Palisade with gate,
- Animal husbandry with multiple award-winning re-breeds such as the Düppeler pasture pig and an old breed of sheep that is threatened with extinction, the Skudden ,
- Dreifelderwirtschaft , cottage gardens, Hochwald, hats woods, meadows and pastures, wild plant collection.
During the season (beginning of March to beginning of November) the museum is open to visitors on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, as well as all week during the special opening times. Thematic tours through the medieval village take place on Sundays and public holidays. Members of the sponsors' group almost regularly present the craft techniques of the time. They give explanations about the medieval herb and vegetable garden, about textile production, about shoe making, pottery, blacksmithing, seesaw turning and the production of wood tar . Children can participate in medieval games, from board games to ring piercing .
In addition, an exhibition redesigned in 2018 will be open on these days , in which finds from archaeological excavations such as a well box, shards of vessels or spindle whorls are shown, but also works by the individual specialist groups, including the family tree of the Düppeler pasture pig .
- Detailed views of the museum village
Medieval oven on the outside wall of a historic house
Medieval well with depth indication and inserted exterior view
Düppeler pasture pig, Dedomestication (intermediate level, 2005)
Hornet's nest in the roof gable of the medieval house
literature
- Adriaan von Müller : Museum Village Düppel. Lively Middle Ages in Berlin . Ed. for the association Förderkreis des Museumsdorf Düppel e. V., City Museum Berlin. 6th edition. Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-00-003398-X .
- Dieter Todtenhaupt: New statements on the archaeological excavation and the settlement history of the medieval settlement at Machnower Krummen Fenn. City Museum Berlin Foundation, Berlin 2008.
Web links
- Museumsdorf Düppel, sponsors of the Museumsdorf Düppel e. V.
- City Museum Berlin
- Steglitz-Zehlendorf / Museumsdorf Düppel
- Romanesque routes in Berlin and Brandenburg - Museum Village Düppel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadtmuseum Berlin Future Strategies In: Stadtmuseum Berlin , accessed on December 11, 2017
- ^ Museum village of Düppel. www.dueppel.de, accessed on October 7, 2012 .
- ^ Museumsdorf Düppel , accessed on February 15, 2019