Römermuseum Schwarzenacker, Homburg, Saarland

Name: Römermuseum Schwarzenacker
Address: Homburger Str. 38, Homburg, Saarland, 66424, Germany
Telephone: +49 6848 730777

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Römermuseum Schwarzenacker, Homburg, Saarland

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Römermuseum Schwarzenacker is an archaeological open-air museum in Schwarzenacker, a district of Homburg, Saarland, Germany. The museum was constructed by archaeologist Alfonso Kolling, who also led the archaeological excavations at the site. Current director is Klaus Kell. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 49°16'57"N, 7°18'57"E

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Homburger Str. 38Homburg, Saarland 66424 Germany

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+49 6848 730777

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Day trips

Römermuseum Schwarzenacker – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle, Zweibrücken Castle, Zweibrücken Observatory, Karlskirche.

3.8 miSW
Church
Heilig-Kreuz-Kapelle, Blieskastel
98 min walk • The Holy Cross Chapel also known as the Gnadenkapelle is located on the Han above Blieskastel in Saarland. As a place of pilgrimage, it belongs to the Blieskastel Monastery, built in 1929, and is visited by around 80,000 pilgrims annually.
3.2 miSE
Baroque architecture, Forts and castles
Zweibrücken Castle, Zweibrücken
81 min walk • Zweibrücken Castle is a building in the town of Zweibrücken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. It was built as a ducal palace in 1720-1725. It is the largest and most magnificent secular building in the Palatinate. It is now the seat of the Palatine Higher Regional Court, and of the Zweibrücken law courts.
2.4 miSE
Museum, Observatories and planetariums
Zweibrücken Observatory, Zweibrücken
63 min walk • Zweibrücken Observatory, or the Zweibrück Observatory of the Natural Science Association, is a public observatory in Zweibrücken, Germany. Its dome was painted to resemble the Star Wars character R2-D2 in 2018.
3.2 miSE
Church, Baroque architecture
Karlskirche, Zweibrücken
82 min walk • The Karlskirche is a church in Zweibrücken built in 1715, destroyed in 1945, rebuilt in 1970. It is one of two landmarks of the town with Alexander's Church. It was court church from 1733 to 1858. Its congregation forms part of today's United Evangelical Church of the Palatinate.
4.6 miNE
Forts and castles
Karlsberg Castle
119 min walk • Karlsberg Castle is a castle ruin on Buchenberg east of Homburg in Saarland, Germany. The castle was constructed from 1778 to 1788 in Baroque and Classical style by Johann Christian von Mannlich, architect and general building director of the dukes of Zweibrücken, by order of Charles II August, Duke of Zweibrücken.
0.4 miW
Monastery, Romanesque architecture
Wörschweiler Abbey, Homburg, Saarland
12 min walk • Wörschweiler Abbey is a former Cistercian abbey in the commune of Homburg in Saarland state, Germany. The monastery site is about 30 kilometres east of Saarbrücken, on a mountain called Marienberg.
3.4 miNE
Forts and castles
Merburg
87 min walk • Merburg is a ruined small castle near Homburg, Saarland, Germany. Details about the castle's builders and most of their owners are unknown.
1.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Schwarzbach
32 min walk • The Schwarzbach is a river in southwestern Germany, left tributary of the Blies. Its source is in the Palatinate Forest, near Trippstadt. It flows through the states Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Towns along its course are Waldfischbach-Burgalben, Contwig and Zweibrücken. After 50 km, it flows into the Blies in Homburg-Einöd.
3.4 miW
Forts and castles
Kirkeler Burg, Kirkel
87 min walk • Kirkel Castle is a ruined castle in the Saarland, located about halfway between the towns of St. Ingbert, Homburg, Neunkirchen and Zweibrücken. It stands on the Schlossberg, a freestanding red sandstone rock.
3.3 miSE
Church
Alexanderkirche, Zweibrücken
84 min walk • The Alexander Church in Zweibrücken was a late Gothic hall church that was rebuilt in a greatly simplified form after being destroyed in World War II.
2.9 miNE
Forts and castles
Burgruine Hohenburg, Homburg, Saarland
75 min walk • The Hohenburg, also called Homburg Castle or Fortress Hohenburg, is a ruined castle located Homburg in the Saarpfalz district in Saarland, Germany. It stands atop the 325 metres -high Schlossberg above the Schlossberg Caves.