Fire Brigade Museum Marxen

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The Fire Brigade Museum Marxen is a regional museum in Marxen on the history of the fire brigade in the Harburg district ( Lower Saxony ). A collection of around 750 m² shows the history of the fire brigade from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. The Fire Museum is a branch of the Open Air Museum at Kiekeberg and the development association operates the museum.

museum

The focus of the exhibition is on fire engines and fire extinguishers : Among other things, a hand-operated pressure syringe from the end of the 19th century, “modern” tank fire engines and a turntable ladder truck from 1928, built in just three copies, are on display. In addition, various smaller exhibitions with a focus on portable pumps (including a portable fire pump winner ZL from the Flader fire extinguisher factory ), fire extinguishers and exhibits from the fire police are housed in the two exhibition halls . The exhibits are on loan from private individuals, museums, fire departments, companies and municipalities and can be viewed from May to October.

A small shop in the entrance area offers models of various fire engines, fire helmets, books and other memorabilia.

Events

During the summer holidays there under the motto "Fun and games in the Fire Museum" special events for children, with next game and entertainment that fire -Früherziehung is paramount. There is also the traditional summer festival. For lovers of old two-wheelers with and without a motor, there is a two-wheeler classic car meeting.

history

The museum was founded in 1987 on the basis of private and voluntary initiative by local firefighters. The first historical fire engines were initially collected in a barn of a former farm, and the barn was converted for museum operations. The museum, which opened in July 1987, became a branch of the open-air museum on Kiekeberg in agreement with the Harburg district .

In 2013 the exhibition area was expanded by 100 m² of covered area and the fire brigade museum was renovated. The renovation was made possible by grants from the European Union (ZILE funding, grants for integrated rural development), the Harburg district , the Sparkasse Harburg-Buxtehude foundation and the Lüneburg Landscape Association .

Sponsoring association

The association “Fire Brigade Museum in the District of Harburg e. V. ”runs the museum on a voluntary basis. The restoration and maintenance of the historic vehicles and equipment and the guided tours are also carried out by the volunteer members. The members take part in many regional veterans' meetings with the historic vehicles.

literature

  • Giesela Wiese / Rolf Wiese (ed.): A museum is getting on in years. Festschrift for the 50th anniversary of the open-air museum on the Kiekeberg . Freilichtmuseum am Kiekeberg, Ehestorf 2003, ISBN 3-935096-11-9 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Günter Rux: The portable pump, Verlag Technik / Huss Medi, 2001, p. 65 [1]
  2. ↑ History of the museum at www.feuerwehrmuseum-marxen.de
  3. ↑ Georg Waldemer: Open-air museums: history, concepts, positions, Deutscher Kunstverlag , 2006, p. 32 [2] and [3]
  4. ↑ More space for the fire brigade museum! ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Heide-Zeitung October 2013, PDF file, p. 1 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.heidezeitung.de
  5. ↑ The Marxen Fire Brigade Museum is getting a new towing roof on Abendblatt.de , August 12, 2013

Coordinates: 53 ° 18 ′ 32.7 "  N , 10 ° 0 ′ 38.7"  E