Remchingen Roman Museum

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Remchingen Roman Museum
Data
place Remchingen coordinates: 48 ° 56 ′ 25.1 ″  N , 8 ° 34 ′ 13.8 ″  EWorld icon
Art
Roman Museum
opening 2009
Number of visitors (annually) approx. 22,000
operator
Jeff Klotz
management
Jeff Klotz, Anna Panteleit, Monika Foemer
Website

The Roman Museum Remchingen is a Roman museum in Remchingen in the Enzkreis . In the museum you can find, among other things, the walls of a Roman house.

history

In 2007, when a house was being built in Remchingen, a Roman wall was uncovered, according to studies it was part of a Roman-era house. After that, more Roman finds were made in the area. After the foundation walls had been completely uncovered, the Remchingen Roman Museum was launched. The museum was opened in 2009 under the leadership of Jeff Klotz .

In 2016, a floor and other Roman artifacts were found in the museum area . The floor was shown as part of a traveling exhibition in Berlin, among other places. A small park was created at the site where other finds, such as a piece of a Roman court floor, are presented.

Exhibitions

  • 2014: Look where you live
  • 2016: Women on the move
  • 2018: Myth of Jerusalem

Museum offers

The museum is open on weekdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Group tours are offered, also for school classes and other groups. The museum also has a museum cafe. There are various themed exhibitions.

Management of the museum

The museum was founded by Jeff Klotz. The museum is managed by Jeff Klotz, Anna Panteleit and Monika Foemer. The Roman Museum employs 60 employees, some of whom are volunteers.

History around the museum

The museum deals with the life of the Romans and Gauls in what is now Remchingen. In the first century, the Romans relocated the Gauls to the southwest, where there were few places. This is how this settlement was laid out in Remchingen.

List of finds in Remchingen

  • Roman estate in Remchingen-Wilferdingen
  • Roman road in the city forest of Remchingen
  • Roman house in the Remching district of Wilferdingen
  • Antiques like a vase or screws all over Remchingen

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Look, where you live Article by Dennis Krivec from August 7th, 2015 for the Pforzheimer Zeitung. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  2. Women on the move Description of the exhibition on kunst-und-kultur.de. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  3. Myth Jerusalem Article by Julian Zachmann from February 16, 2018 for the Pforzheimer Kurier. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
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