Römermuseum Schwarzenacker

The Roman Museum Schwarzenacker is an archaeological open-air museum in Schwarzenacker, a district of Homburg in the Saarland. The museum was built by the archaeologist Alfonso Kolling, who also headed the archaeological excavations at the site. Current director is Klaus Kell.

Exhibition

The Roman Museum Schwarzenacker shows the national significance remains of a Roman vicus, which existed from the time of Christ's birth to the destruction by the Alamanni in 275. You can visit the excavated buildings, grounds, roads and canals.

In neighboring noble house as well as in the rebuilt houses of Vicus important finds from the everyday life of the Roman population to be issued, probably added from the settlement itself or from the surrounding area. Prior to the entrance stairs of the noble house replicas of life-size Roman equestrian statues were erected, which were discovered in 1887 in the nearby Breitfurt. The originals were many years before the entrance of the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer. But they were now dismantled and placed in the courtyard of the museum management under one roof, as they were due to environmental influences strongly weathered.

Not to scale replica of a pentagonal dodecahedron 1980 found near victim shafts

Replica of a 1922 free purged during a storm Jupiter column. The statue of Jupiter were missing head and one arm; important for the interpretation insignia scepter and lightning gag, however, were obtained.

On the excavation site

Temple replica

Baroque garden in 2008

Hypocaust in the "House of the ophthalmologist "

Edelhaus

Dating back to the early 18th century ( around 1725 ) derived noble house was designed by Jonas Erikson Sundahl. The building will also paintings by Johann Christian von Mannlich and other contemporary painters of the region are shown next to the Roman finds. For noble house is designed in the Baroque style garden that was created by the excavation of the vicus.