Late Middle Ages

After a brief introduction to the subject of willow, a small to medium-sized basket is created from unshelled and peeled willow with the help of step-by-step instructions in the traditional braiding method.

The technique of board weaving is taught from the ground up in theory and with a historical background. The participants learn to read weaving drafts and to design them themselves.

This weekend a small camp of the living history group the Hospitallers is visiting. They show you how they traveled around during the medieval crusades and with which armor they fought. They are also skilled craftspeople who are happy to tell you more about medieval crafts.

Join the many games in prehistory, Roman times and Middle Ages.

Short days, long nights, cold and torpor of nature: winter. Even when the temperatures are frosty, the history park opens its doors this weekend, when you can look over the shoulder of our performers as they go about their daily activities. Especially in the Middle Ages, the population had to prepare very well for

On this Sunday our historical children's festival of a special kind takes place again at the historical park. Outside the museum, the children can test their condition on the bouncy castle, have their faces painted or pass the test for knights or damsels.

On the Long Museum Night in the Tirschenreuth district, the history park opens its doors in the evening from 7:00 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. and offers a very special program.

How did the people of the Middle Ages live in the Upper Palatinate? What is your daily work? What's sizzling in their cooking pots? What clothes are they wearing? And what are the differences between the early Slavic settlers and the warriors in the castle or in the cities of the late Middle Ages?

The time of swords and shields, the time of knights, battles and slaughter: most people have this picture in mind through books and films when they think of the Middle Ages.

Using original medieval techniques and tools such as those from the 14th century, a royal court of Emperor Karl IV was built in Bärnau over the next 20 years.