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Local History Museum - Visit Hannover

Museum of local history

Gehrden City Museum

A large collection illustrates the development of today's Gehrden area - for example through grave finds from the Merovingians.

The building that houses the Gehrden City Museum

Spanning two floors, the Gehrden City Museum offers a chance to explore the region’s local history.

The City Museum has been located in the old brewery at Dammstraße 15 since 1975 and is run on a volunteer basis by a group of curators from the Gehrden chapter of the Heimatbund. Spread across two floors of exhibition space, it displays an extensive collection covering prehistory, the history of the city of Gehrden and its surrounding villages, local clubs, the fire department, the crafts, and the Calenberger Land region.

A major focus of the exhibition is on regionally significant grave finds from the Merovingian period of the 6th/7th century, which were discovered during excavation work in April 1997 in the area of the castle hill.

Other focal points include a complete smithy from Everloh, a carpenter's workshop, a shoemaker's workshop and many exhibits relating to the rural environment.

Source: City of Gehrden

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