Fire brigade museums in Frankfurt am Main
There are two fire brigade museums in Frankfurt am Main, which are maintained by two museum associations: the Frankfurt fire brigade museum at the old Bonames airfield, which deals with the history of the fire brigade in Germany in general, and the Frankfurt fire brigade museum, whose theme is exclusively the history of the Frankfurt fire brigades is. Both museums are dedicated to collecting, maintaining and exhibiting historical exhibits, from historical fire engines and professional equipment to documents from the history of the fire service .
Fire Brigade Museum Frankfurt, Bonames old airfield
The older of the two museums is located on the old airfield in Bonames , a district in the north of Frankfurt am Main . The Frankfurt Fire Brigade Museum is sponsored by the Rhein / Main Fire Brigade Museum Association. V. The museum is housed in the rooms of a former airfield building of the former US military airfield Maurice Rose Airfield on the Nidda . This was created in the 1950s and was used intensively, especially by helicopters. When the city of Frankfurt am Main acquired the site in 1992, the museum association was founded as an initiative by 14 like-minded people with the aim of restoring and exhibiting fire-fighting exhibits there. The museum was opened on August 26, 2001 after previous voluntary work.
Today over 1000 exhibits in the exhibition document the history of the fire brigade. The exhibition includes a collection of historic vehicles, fire extinguishers , hand pressure, steam and portable pumps , uniforms and other pieces of equipment from different centuries. Among them are a complete Magirus-Deutz - an Opel logo - fire truck and a rescue truck RW RAIL . In addition, the association has certificates, documents and literature on the history of fire services. In March 2004, another exhibition room was opened for fire brigade messages and signals . The functioning vehicles of the museum can also be seen outside of Bonames on special occasions.
The vehicles from the depot are also exhibited at the annual museum festival.
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Museum of the Frankfurt fire brigade
The younger museum is located at the fire department and temporarily housed in a former fire station . The museum is jointly maintained by the fire brigade in Frankfurt and the Fire Brigade History and Museum Association Frankfurt am Main (FGMV e.V.) founded on July 6, 2009 and deals exclusively with the history of Frankfurt fire protection and fire services, including company fire protection and volunteer fire departments . The museum, which is also a member of the Association of Fire Brigade Museums (AGFM) , has a Falcon universal fire engine , two RW-Schiene rescue vehicles (built in 1970 and 1985), an RW 3-relay rescue vehicle, a boat trolley, two historical syringes, and a Magirus -Patent manager as well as equipment, uniforms and an extensive photo and file archive. The “Museums-Depesche” magazine appears quarterly with a focus on the history of the Frankfurt fire brigade. The magazine can be downloaded free of charge as a PDF file from the Frankfurt Fire Brigade website.
See also
Web links
- Website of the Frankfurt Fire Brigade Museum (accessed April 28, 2020)
- Website of the fire brigade museum on the old Bonames airfield (accessed November 20, 2009)
- The Frankfurt Fire Brigade Museum at feuerwehr-museen.de (accessed on April 28, 2020)
- The Frankfurt Fire Brigade Museum at feuerwehr-museen.de (accessed on April 28, 2020)
- Information leaflets "Museum Depesche" (accessed April 30, 2016)
Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′ 41 ″ N , 8 ° 39 ′ 39 ″ E