The north 3,000 years ago:people live in simple dwellings and grow food. The Hitzacker Archaeological Center recreates the Bronze Age with three long houses and a morgue.
How did people live in Northern Germany in the Bronze Age around 3,000 years ago? The Archaeological Center in Hitzacker on the Elbe provides answers to this fascinating question. In 1969, while excavating on the Jeetzel river, workers accidentally discovered the floor plan of a more than 3,000-year-old building. Further excavations uncovered numerous shards, tools and weapons that prove that people lived there four thousand years ago. In the meantime, Germany's first open-air museum of the Bronze Age has been set up on the site - including three typical long houses and a so-called dead house.
Events for groups and individuals
In addition to the finds, the museum wants to give a comprehensive impression of how people lived and settled at that time. Adults and children can become active in many places, build and use devices, light a fire or bake bread. The hands-on offers are primarily aimed at groups and school classes. The Archaeological Center regularly invites individual visitors to take a journey through time into the distant past. Historical lectures are also part of the programme.