📋 Tender Overview
The reopened museum in Hochdorf forms the museum and tourist lighthouse of the rich early Celtic region around the Hohenasperg.
“What could be more fascinating than a journey into the future? A journey into the past, for example: to the time 2,500 years ago, to the era of the Celts! Because if we don’t know where we come from, we can’t know where we’re going,” said State Secretary for the Arts Arne Braun on the occasion of the reopening of the Hochdorf/Enz Celtic Museum this weekend. “Baden-Württemberg is a Celtic country.”
The reopened museum in Hochdorf forms the museum and tourist lighthouse of the rich early Celtic region around the Hohenasperg. The still sensational discovery of an unrobbed princely grave from the 6th century BC is unique among the Celtic finds in Baden-Württemberg. Here you can experience early Celtic life in great detail, even though there are no written records about the advanced culture of that time. The stories are told solely about the spectacular finds. “The Celts are very close here,” said Arne Braun. “The completely renovated museum shows us what a great culture existed here over 2,000 years ago and what finds from back then still inspire today.”
Two more Celtic milestones in 2024
With the reopening, the country's Celtic concept is entering a new phase, said Arne Braun - and announced further milestones for the Celtic country: "In June we celebrate the opening of the adventure world at Heidengraben and in September the completion of the reconstruction buildings at Bopfinger Ipf as well as the modernized exhibition in the Bopfinger City Museum. It is becoming increasingly clear: Baden-Württemberg is a Celtic country.”
Only in Hochdorf can the entire burial chamber be experienced on an original scale using a detailed reconstruction. As part of the “Celtic Country of Baden-Württemberg” concept, the Hochdorf/Enz Celtic Museum was equipped with additional educational offerings, including digital ones, renovated its energy efficiency and enlarged with two extensions. The ministry provided funds totaling around 463,000 euros for this purpose. The project was also funded by the federal government with around 743,000 euros as part of the “Investments for National Cultural Institutions in Germany” (INK) funding program .
Carsten Willing, mayor of the municipality of Eberdingen , said: “For more than three decades, the municipality of Eberdingen has been making regional history tangible as the sole sponsor of the Hochdorf Celtic Museum. We see the funding as a sign of the greatest appreciation, are pleased about the generous support and at the same time see it as a mandate for the future to be a core component of the country's Celtic concept with a new didactic concept.”
Celtic conception of Baden-Württemberg
The Keltenland Baden-Württemberg concept was decided by the state government in 2019. It takes a look at the country's central Celtic sites and museums and develops them together into the Celtic country of Baden-Württemberg. The aim is to significantly increase the perception of the Celts and their historical significance for Baden-Württemberg.
There is already a lot of Celtic evidence to be seen in the state museums and at numerous archaeological sites in the country. The main task of the Celtic concept is to make this rich heritage visible. The coordination and networking of the Celtic sites with one another should form the basis for a common, nationwide concept for tourism marketing and the creation of school and extracurricular educational opportunities.
