Pile Dwelling Museum

My visit to the Pile Dwelling Museum in Unteruhldingen was a fantastic experience. The museum is beautifully designed and the reconstructed dwellings are truly impressive. It's clear that a great deal of care and expertise went into bringing this historical settlement to life. Walking along the boardwalks and seeing the houses up close really makes you feel like you've stepped back in time. ​However, as an English speaker, I found the experience to be a bit limited. While the visual aspects are stunning, there isn't much information available in English. The films and cinema presentations, which seem like they would be very informative, are purely in German. Adding subtitles in English, French, or other languages would be a huge improvement and would allow more international visitors to fully appreciate the rich history and research presented here.

A fantastic and thoroughly researched reconstitution of lakeside pile dwellings dating back 4000 years and which seem to have been abandoned around 800 BC. Very interesting and well documented copies of original artifacts and information about the way of life, diet, clothing, funerary rites and known technologies of the times. The lake level used to be 5m higher at the time. The site was abandoned due to a significant drop of temperatures (global cooling? ;o)

I'm a history nerd, so I was really engaged in showing my 4 (she says nearly 5) year old daughter the way our early early ancestors lived. The museum has an outdoor area, an indoor exebition and 2 short movies playing constantly. Outdoor you can visit several pole houses dating back +-3000years in time, but our guide told us, not all houses are original and local. They gathered several cultures and rebuild the houses exactly as they did in the early days. Some parts of the tour are really nice but they also neglected a small area on the side where docu's where made about this era. Our biggest issue appeared to be our small dog, because dogs are only allowed on the outdoor village and not welcome in the movies area and indoor exebition (mostly containing original tools made of stone, bronze or iron). This divided our small family into 2 teams during the visit. The museum is located in a touristic area, where swimming in the lake, playing minigolf, playing in a outdoor wooden playing area for children, and even several eating options are located. It's located near Meersburg but for me it's worth the 5km travel outside this historic city and make a beautiful relaxing day full of playing, exploring and a bit of history. Children and dogs are free in the museum.

I wish I could understand German, cause most of informartion was missed due to language barrier. My kids loved a lot of birds there.

Blumberg is situated at the very southern edge of the Black Forrest and also the last German town before the Swiss border

Museum management is arrogant and rude, there was no information that said no pictures and no staff present. Don't waist your time here. There is a great free children's playground and beach right there but bring a picnic.

Fantastic place, very well made! You need like 1,5 hour to cover it! Much worth a visit! Parking is only outside of the city possible

We visited on a weekday. Highly recommend to come close to the opening hour: it will allow you to look around without crowds. The tour starts with several virtual rooms, you can be explorers, who have found the remains of pile houses. After that you get a short information tour on the place and then you can go and explore by yourself. The staff is very helpful and happy to answer any questions, sometimes turning them to a small tour. There's also a lot of information written on the buildings, allowing you to know more about historical aspects. Taking pictures is allowed outside, but not in the buildings.