Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien und der Dobrudscha

In Stuttgart, the Heimatmuseum der Deutschen aus Bessarabien und der Dobrudscha preserves the history of German communities beside the Black Sea. Housed in the Haus der Bessarabiendeutschen, it presents documents, photographs, village plans, tools, clothing and household objects.

The museum began in 1952 with a focus on the Bessarabian Germans, then expanded to include the Dobrudscha Germans in 2009. Its story reaches back to Sarata, where an earlier museum existed from 1922 until the resettlement of Bessarabian Germans in 1940. Exhibits trace nineteenth-century emigration, settlement in Bessarabia and Dobrudscha, daily life, wartime political circumstances and integration in Germany. A separate section on Dobrudscha German cultural heritage has stood here since 2016.

The collection also includes musical instruments, toys, agricultural equipment and school uniforms. A specialist library, photo archive and genealogical section preserve materials for researching families and German settlements across Eastern Europe and the Black Sea region. Renovation expanded the exhibition area from 78 to 400 square metres, giving these records of migration and resettlement room to unfold.