Archäologische Ausstellung in der Schule

About the museum

In 1990 a permanent exhibition on the archaeology of the Nassenfels area opened in the Nassenfels primary school. The Verein für Heimatpflege im Schuttergäu (local heritage association) made parts of its large collection publicly accessible this way; a room in the school has served as a museum ever since. Since schools are no longer as open to visitors as they once were, the exhibition can now only be viewed by appointment.

It covers around 80,000 years of human history. A wall case shows hand axes and flakes of the Neanderthals from nearby Speckberg, blades of Ice Age hunters and microliths of the Mesolithic, plus mammoth teeth. Finds from the earliest farmers of the Linear Pottery culture (Bandkeramik), a perforated stone axe, a Bronze Age arrowhead, and bog iron ore and iron slag from the Celts follow. Fossils from the Jurassic sea and wood from the Tertiary complete the geological side.

The largest room is devoted to the Roman vicus Scuttarensis, the settlement at today's Nassenfels. On display are everyday pottery and terra sigillata with potters' stamps, coins, writing implements, jewelry, tiles from an underfloor heating system, two altar stones, and a replica of an Epona relief. In the middle of the room stands a model of the former Nassenfels moated castle.

Highlights

• Neanderthal hand axes from Speckberg (around 80,000 years old)
• Roman vicus Scuttarensis with altar stones and Epona relief (replica)
• Terra sigillata tableware with potters' stamps
• Model of the former Nassenfels moated castle
• Fossils from the Jurassic sea

Permanent exhibition

• Dauerausstellung zur Archäologie des Nassenfelser Umlandes – Finds from the Old Stone Age to the Roman period, focusing on the Roman vicus Scuttarensis, plus fossils and a model of Nassenfels castle.

Founded

1990

Operated by

Verein für Heimatpflege im Schuttergäu

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

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Getting there & parking

The exhibition is located in the Nassenfels primary school (Weingartenweg 1).

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