Early Middle Ages

The civil association Archaia is non-profit. Its mission is to protect, rescue and document archaeological monuments. Besides that, they work on education and raising awareness regarding archaeology and heritage protection. For this purpose, they have a archaeological park at Praha 6 – Liboc.

The archaeological open-air museum in Modra – Great Moravian settlement of the Morava river middle basin is situated near Uherske Hradistě on the road running from Stare Mesto to Velehrad. It is a significant place giving us a vivid picture of one of the most important periods of our national history. The open-air museum lives its everyday life, with educational performances, programs, trial melting of metal, production of ceramics, agricultural production as well as continual archaeological research. 

Before WWII, Kaliningrad was the capital of Prussia and was referred to as Königsberg. In 1909, at the initiative of the provincial Conservator of Historical Monuments Richard Dethlefsen an open-air museum was founded in the North-Eastern part of the Königsberger Zoo in Hufen just outside the city centre, called the Ostpreußisches Heimatmuseum.

The Archeopark Chotěbuz-Podobora is a national cultural monument due to the archaeological remains, still partly unexcavated. Long term excavations are carried out by the local Muzeum Těšínska in cooperation with the ASCR in Brno led by Doc. PhDr. Paul Kouril, CSc. The Archeopark is one of the 14 departments of the Muzeum Těšínska.

After decades of excavations, under coordination of PhDr. Ivana Pleinerová, CS from the Archaeological Institute of the Academy of Sciences, Prague first on site experiments took place in 1981. Dwellings were constructed modelled after examples from the Neolithic, the Early Middle Ages, and the Slavonic period.

Already for a long period of time, the Naturhistorische Gesellschaft Nürnberg e.V. (NHG), has been active in the region of the municipality Roth with many excavations showing the continuous habitation of the region since Neolithic times.

The imperial palace at Tilleda was in service from the 9th until 13th century, housing several kings and emperors. At present, it is the most completely excavated example in Germany.

It was not until the end of WWII, when archaeologists and historians got more attention to the Slavonic past of this part of Europe. Mecklenburg was at that time part of East Germany and near the Sternberg, professor Schuldt unearthed wooden structures dating to the 9th and 10th century AD which included parts of a wooden fortress and temple area.

At short distance from Kiel, you will find the village of Lütjenburg, dating back partly to the Middle Ages. On the edge of the city centre along the Nienthal, a medieval like castle is being constructed with a ditch and a hill, as part of a European project. 50% is paid with local sponsorships.

With a preparation time between 1988 and 2001, the municipality of Villeneuve d’Asq aimed for an important and attractive open air museum. Here, based on general information instead of specific sites, prehistoric and medieval houses are presented as well as the people constructing them and living there.