Peasant war up close: insights in Halle with 90 mysterious finds!

Peasant war up close: insights in Halle with 90 mysterious finds!

in the State Museum for History in Halle, it literally hums with historical treasures! An exciting exhibition is currently being shown that presents around 90 fascinating exhibits from the Peasant War. These special finds come from the excavations in the destroyed monasteries Himmelpforte and Kaltenborn as well as the Mallerbach chapel, all of which played an important role in the history of the peasant war. According to N-tv these are one of the few archaeological collections on this topic, and state archaeologist Harald Meller emphasizes the rarity of this finds and its importance for research.

The exhibition bears the title "Klöster. Friederated. In the turmoil of the farmers' uprisings" and invites visitors to dive into the turbulent period of the 16th century until November 30, 2025. The exhibits include coins, writing handles, fragments of glazed oven tiles and even scattered book residues. A particularly exciting find is four gold guilders, which may have been hidden in the Himmelpforte monastery during the looting in 1525. There is also a replica of a late medieval hoist knife, which illustrates the engineering sophistication of the time, and work equipment of the farmers who used them in combat.

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The exhibition takes the visitors on a journey through the various facets of serfdom and fiefdom and highlights topics such as the stately arbitrariness and the Reformation, which was of enormous importance during this time. Accompanying this there is a program for school classes from the fifth grade, which deals with the course of the Peasant War and the historical ownership.

future exhibitions

Anyone interested in human history in addition to the horrors of the peasant war should also keep an eye on the upcoming special exhibition "The Shamanin" in the State Museum in March 2026. Here the life of the Middle Stone Age shaman of Bad Dürrenberg is discussed, which gives significant indications of shamanism and thus gets to the bottom of one of the oldest cultural development steps. This exhibition will present interesting finds from various international collections on about 900 square meters, which will certainly attract many people interested in history, as State Museum for History

Overall, these exhibitions show how important it is to explore and understand the complex social structures and historical events. Whether with the uprisings of the farmers or the early beginnings of shamanism - the past remains exciting and instructive!