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The craft weekends are entirely devoted to the special historical crafts from prehistoric times to the Middle Ages. Every weekend there is a different theme, such as pottery, blacksmithing or clothing and textile processing. 

For anyone interested in crafts or history in general, these are the weekends you don't want to miss!

Sweet, sour and salty past

Söhnke Raimann, archaeotechnician at the AFM, demonstrates the production of a ready-to-fire bow and arrows. 

A foretaste of the bow making seminar on June 12th and 13th, 2021, for everyone who has not yet been able to decide to participate.

Bones, legs, horns, antlers and teeth - it's wonderful what you can use from animals. When there was no plastic, for example, combs and buttons were made from antlers and were accordingly expensive.

Horn is elastic and becomes soft when heated - not only bow ends are made from it, but all kinds of everyday devices.

Following the great success of the Virtual World Draft Animal Congress ("Draft Animals in the Past, Present and Future) in 2021, the World Draft Cattle Symposium will be held in Lorsch (Germany) from March 8-9, 2024.  

Hunting has long been an important part of human nutrition, and a bow and arrow was one of the most important tools. Interested parties can experience how to build such a weapon in a one-day workshop on October 3rd, 2021.

Big Festival with Floats and Millet Porridge 

Under supervision, visitors to the Celtic village will discover one of the most important hunting weapons of mankind on May 16: bow and arrow. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

In his course, Peter Knodel would like to introduce the advantages, techniques and possible uses of the versatile building material clay. This will be done very practically when building a wall in one of the Zeiteninsel buildings. 

During this weekend, with the support of our experienced course instructors, you can plan and implement your own projects on the subject of bronze casting.