Tours

Prehistoric and Protohistoric Archaeology

Sickle with stones
Sickle with stones

There is a wide range of expressive goods from ancient history, the Roman Empire, and the Middle Ages up to the 20th Century.

 

The region of Dietzenbach was settled very early as indicated by the objects exhibited.

Bronze and Iron Age

Bronze ceramics
Bronze ceramics

Various grave furnishings from the Bronze and Iron Ages show the variety of ceramics and metalworking as well as the way of funerals.

 

Examples of articles for daily use are knifes andy toys.

Roman times

Strainers and relief bowls made out of Terra Sigillata
Strainers and relief bowls made out of Terra Sigillata

Roman coins, storage bins, bowls and dishes give a feeling for daily life during the Roman Empire.

Middle Age

Oldest view of Dietzenbach City (1572-1589)
Oldest view of Dietzenbach City (1572-1589)

Ceramics, metalworking and leather founds as well as the "Dietzenbacher Silver-treasure" from the Middle Ages are exhibited.

 

In 1215/1220 Dietzenbach City was mentioned for the first time in a document. The oldest view of Dietzenbach City was drafted in the 16th Century.

Times of war

Contemporary woodcut depicting the Second Defenestration of Prague (1618), which marked the beginning of the Bohemian Revolt, at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War. (Source: Wikepedia)
Contemporary woodcut depicting the Second Defenestration of Prague (1618), which marked the beginning of the Bohemian Revolt, at the beginning of the Thirty Years' War. (Source: Wikepedia)

Historical events such as the introduction of the Protestant church or the Thirty-Years-War (1618-1648) wich formed the Dietzenbach City in a specific way are illustrated with old documents and pictures.

Times of peace

Cartwrigth's establishment
Cartwrigth's establishment

You can get the impression of how village life might have been during 19th and 20th Centuries by walking through the village street with the craftman's establishments displayed (shoemaker, joiner, saddler and cartwright).

Agricultural tools

Mowing-machine in a cornfield
Mowing-machine in a cornfield

Leaving the village street described above through a path behind the saddler's esablishment you reach a hall with a wide range of exhibits of agricultural tools. The exhibition focusses on agriculture as farming was the important basis for everyday life not only in Dietzenbach.

Half-timbered house

Half-timbered house of 1765
Half-timbered house of 1765

Next you can have a look into the half-timbered house where the life-style and everyday working tools are shown. Forgotten things of daily use give us a view of the hard life people had in that historical period.