Abenteuer Dielenhaus

Step into a historically accurate escape room set within the 15th-century home of a Hanseatic merchant! "Dielenhaus Adventure – The Merchant's Quest" offers an authentic digital escape room experience. Solve engaging puzzles and playfully learn about the daily life and work of a Hanseatic merchant around 1475. Think of it as an interactive museum visit packed with fascinating historical details you won't find in any textbook!

A Thrilling Historical Mystery

Merchant Jürgen from the Knoggeburg Hanseatic family is preparing for a crucial council meeting. Time is of the essence! He needs your help with several tasks in his grand hall house, but you only have 30 minutes before your bowling appointment. In this educational game, you'll solve puzzles, combine items within the historically recreated environment, and use your wits to keep the merchant on schedule. Explore his historically-accurate hall house and delve into the daily professional and private life of the Hanseatic region.

Your main tasks involve:

• Dressing the Merchant: Assemble the correct attire, remembering to clean or dry certain garments using medieval methods.
• Crafting a Letter: Prepare an important letter, requiring you to mix ink and find suitable formulations.
• Distributing Goods: Use a cargo crane to move delivered goods between the house's different floors.

Educational Game and Digital Museum

"Adventure Dielenhaus," a mobile educational game, is part of the European Hansemuseum Lübeck's digital offerings. Created in collaboration with local historians, it blends fact-based fiction with playful knowledge transfer about daily life, architecture, work, and connections to the modern world.

Playable solo or in a classroom setting under a teacher's guidance, the app provides an exciting glimpse into 15th-century Hanseatic life. The content is especially suitable for teaching media literacy and critical historical source analysis. Its engaging and fun approach sparks discussions about medieval life and aligns with secondary school curricula.

A Special Bonus for Hanseatic Adventure Players

Visitors to the European Hansemuseum Lübeck who have played the "Abenteuer Hanse" app will find a special surprise! Your "Adventure Dielenhaus" successes will be added to the family tree database on the "Adventure Dielenhaus" website, which also features the fictional von Knoggeburgs family. Scores are saved locally on your device; no internet connection is needed to play.

What's New in Version 1.0.2 (Last updated December 16, 2024): A new end screen and API level update.