Fragments of the lost city
Doorways and figures from buildings erased in 1944.
An open-air museum of stone on a terraced slope in southern Stuttgart, run as part of the city museum. It gathers architectural fragments and sculpture rescued from Stuttgart buildings that were demolished, altered, or erased by the war: doorways, capitals, figures, fountains and coats of arms, scattered among the terraces of a garden that was originally a vineyard. The site is part of the story. The terraces were laid out around an old villa and are themselves of historic value. The collection is a record of the vanished city, holding pieces from palaces and townhouses of which nothing else whatever survives, and some of these stones are the only remaining trace of an entire building. There are Roman stones as well and a small collection of plaster casts. Because everything stands in the open, the weathering continues on them year after year. Entry is free but the season is short: it opens roughly from the beginning of May to the beginning of October, only from Thursday to Sunday, and only from two in the afternoon until six in the evening. Outside that window the gate is simply locked. Half an hour to an hour is enough. The terraces mean steps and slopes, so it does not suit wheelchairs, and there is almost no shade, so carry a hat and water in summer.
Doorways and figures from buildings erased in 1944.
The stones stand among the terraces of an old vineyard.
Moerikestrasse 24/1, 70178 Stuttgart
Because it is an outdoor collection with no roof, no heating and no staff outside the warm months. The published season runs roughly from May to early October and only on Thursday to Sunday afternoons, so check the dates before travelling, because outside them the gate is locked with no exceptions.
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