We don't know whether and how the people of the Stone Age in the Albersdorf area and elsewhere in Schleswig-Holstein celebrated the turn of the year. New Year's Day is a good date to explore the topics of the calendar and the turn of the year while taking walks through the Stone Age park and the Stone Age village.

What phenomena around the time of the winter solstice were people able to recognize over 5,000 years ago?
What was important for the course of her life and year?
What signs do we find in nature?
Which other calendars and time calculations existed or still exist today and influenced people?
Which customs around the winter solstice/New Year have been handed down and integrated into our annual cycle?
We are looking for answers to these questions on our "New Year's Walks" offered for the first time by the Dithmarschen Stone Age Park in Albersdorf at 1:00 p.m. (then the New Year begins on the majority of the "US Outlying Islands" and now it is finally the year everywhere on earth started in 2024) through the Stone Age forest and at 3:00 p.m. during the tour of the Stone Age village.

The tour at 1:00 p.m. through the Stone Age forest lasts about 90 minutes, the tour at 3:00 p.m. through the Stone Age village lasts about 60 minutes.

The meeting point is in the foyer of the “Steinzeithaus” museum at the entrance to the Dithmarschen Stone Age Park in Albersdorf. The tours are included in the entrance fee to the Stone Age Park.

Please remember to wear weatherproof clothing and appropriate footwear.

Welcome to the New Year!