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Mail from the past

Workshop results

Mail from the past

  • How did women in the Saarpfalz district live in different eras?
  • What was their everyday life like?
  • What kept them busy?


The participants of the workshop "Searching for traces. Women in the history of the Saarpfalz district" on 1 March 2026 as part of the Women's Traces project. This workshop was designed and organised together with students from Saarland University.

The following experts from the group shared their knowledge with the participants on this day: Gunter Altenkirch, Dr Katja Grüneberg-Wehner, Dr Jutta Schwan and Jason Tregellis. To the programme

The result is three fictional postcards, each from the perspective of a woman, which give an insight into the realities of her life in the Middle Ages, the modern era and the Celtic period.

  • Take a look at possible moments in her eventful life!

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Photo of a fictitious postcard with front and back. Kirkel Castle is depicted on the front with a knight and a lady on a horse. On the reverse, the fictitious Magst Kathrin writes about the Duchess's visit in March 14494.
Women's traces in the Saarpfalz district


Photo of a fictitious postcard with front and back. The front shows a reconstruction of Karlsberg Castle and a pencil drawing of Duchess Maria Amalia von Pfalz-Zweibrücken. On the reverse is a fictitious text from her point of view, in which she tells her sister about a ball in Strasbourg.
Women's traces in the Saarpfalz district


On the biography of Maria Amalie

Photo of a fictitious postcard with front and back. The front features a colourful layout with circular object photos from the Princess Tomb of Reinheim. On the reverse is a fictitious postcard text from the perspective of the "Princess" of Reinheim from the year 390 BC, in which she invites a friend to a feast.
Women's traces in the Saarpfalz district


to the biography of the "Princess"

Supported by:

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This is an investment in rural areas!

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