Museum am Danewerk (Museum at the Danewerk) Ochsenweg 5 24867 Dannewerk 04621/37814 04621/31025 www.museen-sh.de/inst.php?inst=11 Opening Hours: Feb. 18th-March 25th and Oct. 26th-Nov. 30th Tue-Sun 10 am – 4 pm, March 26th – Oct. 25th Tue-Fri 9 am – 5 pm, Sat-Sun 10 am – 6 pm, closed from Dec. 1st – Feb. 14th Admission: Adults 2,- €, children 1,- € Groups with 15 or more persons 1,- € per person Free admission for school classes Free admission with Schleswig Card Information: In its collection the museum presents the eventful history of the Danewerk ramparts from the Iron Age through the Viking period and the Middle Ages up to the present. The ramparts were built between 650 and 1200 AC on the isthmus between the Treene and the Schlei. They have undergone multiple enlargements to their overall length of 30 km. As late as in the wars of 1848 – 50 and 1864 they were used militarily and provided with entrenchments. The exhibition is continually updated and extended. The museum staff and the labelling are bilingual in German and Danish. The Danewerk is the biggest ground monument of Northern Europe. The preserved segments are partly in the close vicinity to the museum. It is possible to walk on most of them. The museum presents changing special exhibitions on archaeological, historic and cultural historic topics especially from June to September. Educational programs: Film presentations on the Danewerk for single persons and groups (in German and Danish) Guided tours in the museum or on the ramparts in German, Danish and English, by appointment, duration approx. 30-45 minutes, maximum of 30 persons per tour. Film presentations on the Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein for groups (in German and Danish) Lectures on the Danish minority in German, Danish and English can be arranged by appointment, duration approx. 30-60 minutes, maximum of 50 persons per lecture. On special occasions lectures and guided tours on excavations are offered. Publications: Information: museums leaflet and leaflet “Museums in Schleswig” Publications on the following topics: Danewerk, German-Danish history, cultural history, Viking age, Danish minority in Schleswig-Holstein, own series (German/Danish) Service: On sale in the museum: publications (see above), handcrafted jewellery and replica, postcards, stickers, bags etc. Kiosk in the museum: ice, non-alcoholic drinks, sweets By appointment: tea table in connection with a film presentation and a lecture. Picnic facilities in the open air and in the “Thyrasaal” (Thyra Hall) on the upper floor of the museum. Catering in the close vicinity: Gasthof Rothenkrug (Tel.: +49 (0) 46 21 - 3 42 60), Cafe Truberg (Tel.: +49 (0) 46 21 - 3 27 55) Other nearby attractions: Walking tours on the ramparts: Only 20 km of the formerly 30 km long Danewerk are still intact. The museum is an ideal starting point for walking tours on and around the ramparts. Close to the museum there are the remains of a brick wall that was built by the Danish king Waldemar the Great in the 12th century. How to get there: Motorway A 7 from the north: exit Schleswig/Schuby, carry on in the direction of Husum, in Schuby go on to Dannewerk Motorway A 7 from the south: exit Schleswig/Jagel, direction Dannewerk, second turn to the right in the direction of Dannewerk From Schleswig / from Schloß Gottorf: direction Friedrichsberg, behind the “Oberlandesgericht” (provincial high court and court of appeal) to the right in the direction of Hüsby, there at the crossing left direction Dannewerk From Haithabu: direction Schleswig-Süd (Schleswig-South) (Friedrichsberg), follow the signs in the direction of Dannewerk, in Dannewerk to the right (green sign-posting) From the railway station Schleswig: approx. 4 km footway, buses drive irregularly Miscellaneous: Responsible body of the museum is the Sydslesvigsk Forening (SSF, Norderstraße 76, 24939 Flensburg, Tel.: +49 (0)4 61 - 14 40 80), since 1920 the cultural main association of the Danish minority in Südschleswig (south Schleswig) with presently over 16.000 members.