Mobile world of the east

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Mobile world of the east
Entrance to the museum
Entrance to the museum
Data
place Calau
opening October 7, 2006
Number of visitors (annually) 5500
operator
Mobile World of the East e. V.
Website

The Mobile World of the East is a museum for vintage cars that were produced in the Eastern Bloc . It is located in Calau , a small town in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district in southern Brandenburg . It is run by the association of the same name, Mobile Welt des Ostens e. V. and opened on October 7, 2006 in the premises of a former car dealership.

The museum houses around 150 vehicles, from bicycles to passenger cars, which were produced in the GDR , Poland , Czechoslovakia , Hungary and the Soviet Union between the end of the Second World War and the fall of the Wall . Most of the vehicles are owned by the members of the association, but there are few donations and loans.

Examples of the exhibits are:

  • AWZ P70 luxury sedan, built in 1958 with an export version with standard folding sunroof
  • Barkas V 901/2 , rebuilt in 1963
  • EMW 327-2 Cabriolet built in 1953
  • EMW 327-3 Coupe built in 1955
  • EMW 340-4 medical vehicles: Four of these models are still known.
  • IFA F8 luxury convertible export from 1955
  • IFA F9 Cabriolet, built in 1955
  • IFA F9 station wagon, built in 1956
  • Jawa 500 OHC built in 1958
  • White Mars , built in 1921

As a special feature, for example, a Soviet ZIS-110 representative car can be viewed . According to the association, this is the only exhibit in a German museum. On the upper floor there is an exhibition with everyday objects from the time of the GDR. In 2013 around 5500 guests visited the museum.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mobile Welt des Ostens , website of the city of Calau, accessed on July 6, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Mobile World of the East" has been presented for seven years in the Niederlausitzer Calau , website of Blickpunkt Verlag, accessed on July 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ Jan Augustin: Mobile World of the East can confirm the previous year's record . In: Lausitzer Rundschau , May 14, 2014, accessed on July 6, 2014

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Coordinates: 51 ° 45 ′ 10.21 "  N , 13 ° 56 ′ 41.68"  E