It was in 1975 in the area of the small town of Siegsdorf when sixteen-year old Bernhard Bredow and his friend Robert Omelanowsky were searching for remains of World War II. Instead, they met bones of a mammoth skeleton.
They kept their secret for 10 years. Imagine what awesome time that must have been for the two of them. In 1985 they finally went public, since they did not succeed in digging up the find by themselves. The giant animal was finally freed, reconstructed and started to pull the crowds as largest and best preserved mammoth skeleton of Europe.
It initiated the foundation of the Siegsdorf Natural History and Mammoth Museum that opened doors in 1995.
Learn and discover more about
- the emergence of the Earth, important events in its evolution and its position in our solar system
- 250 million years of geological history, formation of the alps and an abundant wealth of fossils
- the ige age, glaciers in southeastern Bavaria, the mammoth and the cave lion of Siegsdorf
- the stone age
Visting the exhibition will change your perception of the landscape and may your perpective on life as a whole.
Get up-to-date information at
www.museum-siegsdorf.de
Location
Naturkunde-und Mammut-Museum Siegsdorf
Auenstraße 2
83313 Siegsdorf
Germany
phone: 49 8662 13316
Admission fees
7€ Adults
4€ Children aged 6-18
free Children aged 0-5