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As part of our special exhibition we offer many interesting events.
Celtic World Lecture: Between Wetterau and Vogelsberg – Villages, Castles and Towns Reflected in Archaeological Sources
Lecture by Christoph Röder MA
Over the last 20 years, hessenARCHÄOLOGIE has carried out numerous excavations at castles, in towns and in deserted villages and can thus paint an impressive picture of the living environment, settlement development and landscape use from the 8th century AD to the late Middle Ages and the early modern period. The archaeologist Christoph Röder MA reports in a broad "overview" on his work to date and addresses numerous archaeological finds from the northern and eastern Wetterau and the eastern district of Gießen. In addition to the founding of the town on the Glauberg, abandoned villages, mining relics and forest glassworks in the Laubach Forest, Arnsburg Monastery near Lich and its surroundings, the Grass Castle and Estate near Hungen and numerous other aspects are illuminated and put into context.
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Venue: Museum
Box office: 6pm, start: 7pm
Admission: 6 euros, free for members of the Förderverein Keltenwelt am Glauberg (please also register)
Tickets can be purchased online here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at +49 (0) 6041/8233-024 or anfragen@keltenwelt-glauberg.de.
The museum bistro is open until 7 pm.
Celtic World Lecture: Local and Foreign from the Iron Age Cemetery of Nidderau
Lecture by Wolfram Ney MA
One of the largest Iron Age burial grounds in Hesse was excavated in Nidderau between 2008 and 2011. The archaeologist Wolfram Ney reports on the results of his dissertation on this site. In addition to the typical finds of the local Hallstatt culture, non-local objects were also found in Nidderau, which reveal connections to distant cultures. The grave goods from the La Tène period also show this picture. In addition to the local costume objects, comparable pieces from Champagne to Bohemia can be found.
Photo: P.Odvody/LfDH
INFO
Venue: Museum
Box office: 6pm, start: 7pm
Admission: 6 euros, free for members of the Förderverein Keltenwelt am Glauberg (please also register)
Tickets can be purchased online here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at +49 (0) 6041/8233-024 or anfragen@keltenwelt-glauberg.de.
The museum bistro is open until 7 pm.
Celtic World Lecture: The (Late) Roman Finds from Glauberg
Lecture by Henrik Schäfer MA
The late Roman phase on the Glauberg is known primarily from the excavations in the 1930s. However, the loss of a large part of the finds and their documentation during the Second World War makes it considerably more difficult to study this period of settlement on the mountain. The period between Roman and Frankish rule over the Wetterau not only represents a central phase in the history of the Glauberg, but also makes an important contribution to understanding the relationship between the Roman Empire and Germanic hilltop settlements in the so-called border foreland. The aim of the speaker's master's thesis was to systematically analyze all old and new finds from this period on the plateau in order to investigate the dating and character of the settlement. The speaker will present the results of his work in this lecture.
INFO
Venue: Museum
Box office: 6pm, start: 7pm
Admission: 6 euros, free for members of the Förderverein Keltenwelt am Glauberg (please also register)
Tickets can be purchased online here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at +49 (0) 6041/8233-024 or anfragen@keltenwelt-glauberg.de.
The museum bistro is open until 7 pm.
Celtic World Lecture: Current excavations and their preliminary results in the wider area of the Glauberg
Lecture by Hardy Prison MA, District Archaeologist in the State Office for Monument Preservation Hesse
Further information about the lecture will follow.
INFO
Venue: Museum
Box office: 6pm, start: 7pm
Admission: 6 euros, free for members of the Förderverein Keltenwelt am Glauberg (please also register)
Tickets can be purchased online here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at +49 (0) 6041/8233-024 or anfragen@keltenwelt-glauberg.de.
The museum bistro is open until 7 pm.
Celtic World Lecture: Restoration of Konradsdorf Monastery
Lecture by Dr. Anja Dötsch (State Palaces and Gardens) and Susanne Gerschlauer MA
The former Premonstratensian monastery of Konradsdorf in the eastern Wetterau was previously only known to a small circle of experts. The early abandonment of the monastery in the 16th century, damage during the Thirty Years' War and intensive agricultural use meant that the monastery fell into oblivion. Of the monastery buildings, only the monastery church and the provost's building have survived above ground. Around 1200 years have left their mark in Konradsdorf.
When the state of Hesse provided funds for the restoration of the monastery buildings in 2016, it quickly became clear that both buildings had a complex structural inventory. The various layers were partially only fragmentarily preserved and required careful building research in order to be able to identify them, preserve them and ultimately present them in a cultural-historical context. The building research and inventory analysis provided the indispensable basis for the monument conservation target concept and the restoration.
The lecture will shed light on the history and the architectural findings and will present the conservation-related restoration of the former monastery buildings that was developed in this context.
INFO
Venue: Museum
Box office: 6pm, start: 7pm
Admission: 6 euros, free for members of the Förderverein Keltenwelt am Glauberg (please also register)
Tickets can be purchased online here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at +49 (0) 6041/8233-024 or anfragen@keltenwelt-glauberg.de.
The museum bistro is open until 7 pm.
2nd lecture of the Otto-Herman Frey lecture series
Lecture by Dr. Jennifer M. Bagley
The two bronze jugs from Glauberg in the network of early Celtic art
In the course of his academic career, Otto-Herman Frey has repeatedly studied the bronze jugs from Etruria and their Central European counterparts, and has been able to make important observations on early Celtic art and its development. In this lecture, we will follow the traces of this research as well as the traces of the vessels themselves. The jug from Grave 1 and the tubular jug from Grave 2 are masterpieces of early Celtic art that reveal their roots in the Mediterranean pieces, but have nevertheless developed their own very own formal language. Their analysis not only allows us to discuss stylistic elements, but also to gather clues about the mythological ideas of the time as well as the social and economic structures of Iron Age societies in Central Europe. As if under a magnifying glass, the two jugs from Glauberg provide insights into very different aspects of the La Tène culture, which also underline the importance of Glauberg in the Celtic world.
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Venue: Museum
Box office: 6pm, start: 7pm
Admission: 6 euros, free for members of the Förderverein Keltenwelt am Glauberg (please also register)
Tickets can be purchased online here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at +49 (0) 6041/8233-024 or anfragen@keltenwelt-glauberg.de.
The museum bistro is open until 7 pm.
Celtic World Lecture: News from Glauberg – two excavations of the Research Center 2025
Lecture by Dr. Axel Posluschny
News from Glauberg – two excavations of the Research Center 2025
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Venue: Museum
Box office: 6pm, start: 7pm
Admission: 6 euros, free for members of the Förderverein Keltenwelt am Glauberg (please also register)
Tickets can be purchased online here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at +49 (0) 6041/8233-024 or anfragen@keltenwelt-glauberg.de.
The museum bistro is open until 7 pm.
Celtic World Lecture: Martial Arts and Cultural History Using the Example of Glauberg
Lecture by Marcus Coesfeld M.Ed.
The history of mankind is closely linked to physical conflict. But fighting has always been more than just a necessity - it developed into an art form. The Glauberg is a place where traces of human martial arts and cultural history over thousands of years can be seen. Archaeological finds from the Glauberg and the surrounding region testify to the importance of fighting in different eras. This lecture will use these finds to shed light on the development of martial arts and demonstrate their cultural dimensions.
INFO
Venue: Museum
Box office: 5 pm, start: 6 pm
Admission: 6 euros, free for members of the Förderverein Keltenwelt am Glauberg (please also register)
Tickets can be purchased online here.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at +49 (0) 6041/8233-024 or anfragen@keltenwelt-glauberg.de.
The museum bistro is open until 7 pm.