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1499 - Fricktal finds from troubled times

Exhibitions
Berner Kriegsknechte plündern ein Dorf. Quelle: Bern,  Burgerbibliothek, Mss.h.h.I.1, p. 148 – Diebold Schilling, Amtliche  Berner Chronik, Bd. 1  (https://www.e-codices.ch/de/list/one/bbb/Mss-hh-I0001)
Ofenkacheln aus Frickt, teils verbrannt. Quelle: Kantonsarchäologie  Aargau, Foto: Klaus Powroznik 3. Dreibeinige Gefässe dienten zum  Kochen. Quelle: Kantonsarchäologie Aargau, Foto: Klaus Powroznik
In 1499, the Swabian War raged in the Fricktal. Entire villages were burned and plundered by Confederate troops. The Fricktal, which formerly belonged to Habsburg, lay on the border at that time in the middle of the conflict area.
More than half a millennium later, archaeological finds bear witness to the troubled times in the Fricktal. The objects on display come from the late medieval fire layers that have been excavated since the 1980s.
The finds show the surprisingly high standard of the rural way of life, which can still be admired today, especially through the high quality stove tiles.
The traveling exhibition is visiting more than 20 Fricktal communities this year. From November 18, 2024 to December 15, 2024, the joint project of the Fricktalisch-Badische Vereinigung für Heimatkunde and the Kantonsarchäologie Aargau will make a stop at the Fricktaler Museum.
This exhibition is available in
German

Museum details

Adresse
Haus zur Sonne
Marktgasse 12
4310
Rheinfelden (CH)
+41 61 835 57 80
Opening hours

47.555433, 7.79351

Rationierungskarten für Seife, Schuhe und Lebensmittel aus dem 2. Weltkrieg     FM G.088
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Wartime on the Rhine - Lecture by Jürg Stüssi-Lauterburg

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Sonnen-Strom
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Electricity off - Fricktal electricity history

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Ankunft der Braupfannen für die Brauerei Feldschlösschen im Rheinfelder Rheinhafen, 20.11.1959 Filmstill aus "Schwertransport der Braupfannen vom 20.11.1959" (Archiv Brauerei Feldschlösschen)
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Film ab! - Fricktal industrial stories in sound and vision

Experience cinematic trouvailles on Fricktal industrial stories from the 20th and 21st centuries every hour. Start at 14:00, 15:00, 16:00 and 17:00

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Kolorierte Xylographie mit Ansicht der Stadt Rheinfelden von Karl Jauslin (1842-1904), entstanden 1893 FM A.941
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Exhibition talk

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die Ausstellung zum Mittelalter auf der Ringmauer in Rheinfelden
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about the fear of losing the stars. The city of Rheinfelden in the 15th century

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die kleine Pauline öffnet den Vorhang und lädt Erwachsene und Kinder in Begleitung ein Geschichten aus ihrem Leben zu hören und damit einen Blick hinter die Kulissen des Museums und auf das Haus zur Sonne und seine Bewohner zu werfen.
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With Pauline through the museum

Enter the 19th century and meet the little girl called Pauline. She is the granddaughter of Franz Josef Dietschy, founder of the Salmen brewery. Still a little girl she lives with her parents ...

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