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  Steirische Apfelstraße Highlights at the destination Apple Museum "House of the Apple"

  

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  Apple Museum "House of the Apple"

  Since 1990, the Styrian fruit growing museum, the "House of the Apple", has been located on the Kelz family estate in Harl in the middle of apple country. The largest showpiece of our museum, a stately weather tower, greets you right at the entrance. In the outdoor area you will find a described orchard with old varieties, display boards with pests and beneficial organisms, a bee house with a display beehive and a press house with the abacus cellar, where the world's best apple schnapps, the mystical "abacus", is stored.
  Inside there is a permanent display collection where you can learn a lot of interesting facts about apples and fruit growing in general. The great importance of the apple in art, mythology, religion and customs is highlighted, as are plant protection, hail protection, processing, marketing, transport and harvesting. The museum presents "The Apple Through the Ages", from the Neolithic period (Stone Age) to the 20th century. The first prehistoric apple finds are described, as are traditions from the Roman period up to the migration of peoples. Speaking of the Roman period: In the Pucher church wall there is a stone with a picture of a woman holding an apple. This is the first historical evidence of apple cultivation in this region. Topics such as "development, storage and sorting" are also covered.
  

  www.mostschank-kelz.at
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  Steirische Apfelstraße Highlights at the destination Kulmcelten village, prehistoric open-air museum

  

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  Kulmcelten village, prehistoric open-air museum

  Styria's first prehistoric open-air museum!
  Much more than a visit! Visit the Celtic otherworld at the foot of the magical Kulm near Weiz (near Ackerwirt). 10 reconstructions from more than 4,000 years of settlement history (from the Stone Age to the Celtic Age) on and around the Kulm. Life in prehistoric times is represented with life-size dolls in authentic clothing and tools. Dwarf goats live in the prehistoric farm building. They will be happy to be petted. The settlement of the Kulm and the life of the Celts are illustrated in the information zone and in the display huts.
  

  www.kulm-keltendorf.at