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Spectacular find in Lake Salzgitter: Mammoth tooth discovered!
Divers discovered an 80 cm long mammoth tusk in Lake Salzgitter. The historical find is presented in the museum.
Spectacular find in Lake Salzgitter: Mammoth tooth discovered!
The exciting underwater discovery has now brought the region around Salzgitter into the spotlight. On September 16, 2025, the city of Salzgitter and the two divers Jürgen Wiegleb and Jürgen Woelke announced that they had made an astonishing historical find in Lake Salzgitter: an almost 80 centimeter long tusk of a woolly mammoth. This impressive piece from a bygone era probably belonged to a six to seven year old cub that lived during the last Ice Age, around 110,000 to 10,000 years ago. It's not every day that you come across such spectacular relics of prehistory.
After the discovery, the tusk was taken to the Salder Castle Municipal Museum, where museum director Arne Homann ensures that this historic find is properly honored. In order to preserve the valuable object for posterity, the tooth is temporarily stored in a tub of water. The preservation of the tooth, which will take one to two years, ensures that the piece can soon be presented in a permanent exhibition. The finders emphasize the importance of such finds and encourage others to donate similar discoveries to museums.
A look into the Ice Age
Anyone who is interested in the fascinating world of mammoths and other Ice Age finds should definitely visit the Mammoth Museum in Niederweningen. An exciting and vivid exhibition is presented there that deals with the animal world of the Ice Age, including the impressive fossils of at least ten mammoths. According to the museum's operators, the richest mammoth site in Switzerland also offers a “time trail” that deals with settlement and climate changes over the last 500,000 years. Visitors can gain impressions of the landscape development and ice cover and learn more about the history of these fascinating animals.
The discovery in Lake Salzgitter shows how important it is to preserve the remnants of the past. Jürgen Wiegleb and Jürgen Woelke not only discovered a piece of history, but also brought a piece of interest and science to the public. Because these finds help to raise awareness of our earth and its development.
Even though this special tusk now finds its place in the museum, the fascination for the Ice Age creatures remains unbroken. Whether in your own garden or by the lake - you never know what piece of history you might find in the next moment!