Editing Aalen (section)

==== Museums ====
[[File:Limesmuseum Aalen Aussenansicht.jpg|thumb|Aalen Limes Museum, exterior view]]
In the central district of Aalen, there are two museums: The "Aalen [[Limes Germanicus|Limes]] Museum" ''(Limesmuseum Aalen)'' is located at the place of the largest [[castra|Roman cavalry fort]] north of the Alps until about 200 AD. It opened in 1964.<ref name=EB>{{harvnb|Hoiberg|2010|p=2}}</ref> The museum exhibits numerous objects from the Roman era. The ruins of the cavalry fort located beside the museum is open to museum visitors. Every other year, a Roman festival is held in the area of the museum ([[#Roman Festival|see below]]).

In the Geological-Paleontological Museum located in the historic town hall, there are more than 1500 fossils from the Swabian Jura, including [[ammonite]]s, [[ichthyosaur]]s and [[coral]]s, displayed.

In the Waldhausen district the ''Heimatstüble'' museum of local history has an exhibition on agriculture and rural living.

In the Wasseralfingen district, there are two more museums: The ''Museum Wasseralfingen'' comprises a local history exhibition and an art gallery including works of [[Hermann Plock]], [[Helmut Schuster]] and [[Sieger Köder]]. Also, the [[stove]] plate collection of the ''Schwäbische Hüttenwerke'' steel mill is exhibited, with artists, modellers and the production sequence of a cast plate from design to final product being presented.