Heimatmuseum Leubingen

About the museum

The Heimatfreunde Leubingen e.V. was founded in April 1994 with the aim of giving the village a museum again, building on an older tradition. Leubingen had shortly before been incorporated into the town of Sömmerda as a district, and the town supported the project. The collection was housed in the old vicarage, which was built in 1715. The “Heimatstube” opened on 15 June 1995.

Today the association shows almost 5,000 exhibits in 13 rooms covering around 200 square metres. One focus is the Leubingen Prince’s Grave from the Early Bronze Age, excavated in 1877 by Professor Friedrich Klopfleisch of Jena, which gave its name to an entire culture: the burial chamber, the grave goods of bronze and gold and a smith’s anvil stone are displayed as replicas. A model of the burial mound was added in 2000, and later findings from the excavations along the A 71 motorway followed.

The exhibition also depicts rural life: craftsmen’s workrooms, a farmhouse kitchen and bedroom around 1930, a parlour, a wash house, a children’s room with over 300 games and toys, display cases with clothing and porcelain, and a GDR room with National People’s Army (NVA) uniforms. The association is the operator, and the Heimatstube is part of the museum landscape of the town of Sömmerda.

Highlights

• Replica of the burial chamber and grave goods of the Leubingen Prince’s Grave (Early Bronze Age)
• Almost 5,000 exhibits in 13 rooms
• Farmhouse kitchen and bedroom around 1930, wash house and craftsman’s room
• GDR room with NVA uniforms
• Children’s room with over 300 games and toys

Permanent exhibitions

• Fürstengrabzimmer – Replica of the burial chamber of the Bronze Age Prince of Leubingen with grave goods of bronze and gold, plus information on bronze casting.
• Landleben und Handwerk – Craftsman’s room, farmhouse kitchen and bedroom around 1930, wash house and parlour.
• DDR-Zimmer und NVA-Uniformen – A furnished GDR room and uniforms of all branches of the NVA.

Founded

1995

Operated by

Heimatfreunde Leubingen e.V.

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Kids & families

• Hands-on stations

Children’s room with over 300 games and toys; visitors can churn butter in the kitchen and try out the Huckemantel. The association also organises an Easter market, cake afternoons and coffee gatherings.

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