Urzeitmuseum Nussdorf ob der Traisen

The prehistoric museum Nussdorf ob der Traisen is located on the market square in the market town of Nussdorf ob der Traisen in the St. Pölten-Land district in Lower Austria . The museum is located in the structural remains of the former Nussdorf Castle above the Traisen.

building

The Nussdorf Castle above the Traisen was demolished in 1860/1864.

A large cellar building under a gable roof from the 19th century in romantic-historicizing forms has been preserved. On the north side there is an eleven-axis sequence of buttresses sloping in the lower area and above dazzling battlements. Inside there is a large main cellar with a high vaulted concrete barrel and lance caps on one side.

Primeval Museum

In 1993, a prehistoric museum was opened in the attic, which has been expanded since 1993. It shows the rich finds from excavations by the Federal Monuments Office in the Lower Traisental .

management

• 1993–2002 Johannes-Wolfgang Neugebauer

Awards

• 1994 Austrian Museum Prize Recognition Prize

literature

• The art monuments of Austria. Dehio Lower Austria south of the Danube 2003 . Nussdorf ob der Traisen, Urzeitmuseum, No. 15a, former castle cellar, outbuilding, castle garden wall, pp. 1579–1580.

Coordinates: 48 ° 21 ′ 11.5 "  N , 15 ° 41 ′ 42.6"  E