Museums in Germany

This collection resides in a renovated barn. Put together by the Oberlausitzer Kfz-Veteranen Club, this museum displays over 70 vehicles, built between 1910 and 1980. Rarities include an Amilcar 6 C 23 Sports (1923), which once raced at the Berlin Avus track; a Standard Superior - a predecessor of the VW Beetle; an Ihle-bodied BMW and more. A section is devoted to GDR-times with a Wartburg 311 Camping, a Zaporozhets, MZ and Simson scooters and more.

The Fahrzeugfreunde der Ulmer Feuerwehr association was set up in 1994 with the goal of preserving the historical fire engines of the Ulm Fire Department. The new clubhouse is also home to the collection: the 54 exhibits of all kinds of fire department vehicles are crowded together in a hall in the industrial area near Jungingen. Each exhibit is carefully signposted.

With over 3600 square meters of exhibition space, this is one of the largest privately owned German technology museums. There are over 140 cars, 170 motor / two-wheelers, 23 tractors, 16 fire engines and many other historical rarities to discover. 

Around 1.000 square meters exhibition area of fire brigade equipment.

Agnes and Gerhard Weller's private motorcycle collection and workshop. Oldest motorcycle is a French Monet-Goyon, made in 1917.

Zschopau was once home to DKW, one of the great German motorcycle and car brands. Later it became the MZ factory. Today an exhibition in the local castle looks back at the story of these companies. There are around 80 motorcycles from eight decades, plus everyday things of a DKW worker and parts of the Zschopau DKW workshop. Also worth seeing is the "DKW Collection Rasmussen", a generous gift from the grandson of the company founder, which shows rare models from the early days of motorcycle construction and personal items from the founder of the DKW brand.

The museum houses two collections. The first is the world's largest collection on airships and the innovation of "lighter than air". The highlight of this section is the walk-in partial reconstruction of LZ 129 Hindenburg. The museum is gradually expanding the collection to include technically innovative products originating in Friedrichshafen that have gained worldwide significance. On the other hand, the Zeppelin Museum houses an art collection with works of innovative workshops from the Middle Ages and the Baroque period.

Katja and Dieter Frey's small private collection.

Marvel at the legendary Zündapp motorcycles and other machines from the years 1917 to 1984. The worldwide unique collection in the Zündapp-museum of the brewery Zoller- Hof will inspire you.

UPDATE 2023: the collection has been relocated, and will open at a new place in 2024.

Matthias Hühn took over the former production hall of Liftket, a producer of electric chain hoists in Würzen and converted it to an event's hall which features historic German cars and motorcycles. The new Zündmagnet (Ignition Magnet) was opened in 2020.