UNESCO World Heritage experiences

in the four-country region

UNESCO Site Egelsee

The Neolithic site (around 3660 BC) was excavated during 1962. Several well preserved ground layers of wooden houses were found. The dwelling is well known for its fantastic...
Pfahlbauausstellung Dingelsdorf | © Freunde der Dingelsdorfer Pfahlbauausstellung e.V.

Stilt Construction Exhibition Dingelsdorf

Stilt construction exhibition in the local town offices with hunting, fishing, food, clothing and tool exhibits, as well as important finds from the Herbert Gieß collection.

Museum at Pfäffikersee

In the 17th century Oberlaender Doppelflarzhaus on the lake quay, this permanent exhibition shows numerous prehistoric finds from Pfäffikon and the surrounding area...

Archaeological Window Opéra Parking Garage

A small exhibition with finds and films about the excavations in the parking garage Opéra in Zurich.

UNESCO Site Storen Wildsberg

A large settlement with evidence of Pfyn, late Horgen and Corded Ceramic cultures. The dig site contained imported flint and copper finds.
St. Peter und Paul church on the Reichenau Island at Lake Constance

Reichenau Island, UNESCO World Heritage Site

Declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2000, Reichenau Island in Lake Constance bears outstanding testimony to the religious and cultural role of a great Benedictine...

UNESCO Site Nussbaumersee

Neolithic and late Bronze Age (around 800 BC) pile-dwellings. Excavations in the 1990ies and research brought interesting results about architecture, economy, environnment...

UNESCO Site Robenhausen

Artifacts from this settlement are found in major musuems around the world. To fund the excavation work and research in the 19th century, archeologist Jakob Messikommer sold...
Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg in Constance at Lake Constance

Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg

The ALM in Constance features archaeological discoveries from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. Explore the newly curated “World of the Lake Dwellers” and the Roman...