Museum of historical defense technology

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Museum of historical defense technology
Data
place Röthenbach on the Pegnitz
Art
Military technology museum,
scientific collection,
specialist publisher
opening 1984
management
Werner Sünkel
Website
ISIL DE-MUS-365015

The Museum for Historical Defense Technology e. V. (hereinafter referred to as the Defense Technology Museum ) is a museum in the district of Nürnberger Land .

History of the museum

After the establishment of a non-profit sponsoring association in February 1983, the first permanent exhibition was set up in June 1984 on the premises of the Diehl Foundation's semi-finished products plant in Röthenbach an der Pegnitz . While the exhibits were housed in a single building at the time, the exhibition area has been expanded in recent years by three more buildings and a large outdoor area to currently over 1000 m² (as of 2006).

Purpose of the museum

The defense technology museum serves to educate and document the military technological progress of the 19th and 20th centuries. Regardless of the reasons for armed conflicts, the technology of offensive weapons and defense options should be considered. In addition, the Defense Technology Museum is dedicated to the repair and maintenance of historical equipment and vehicles and also offers help with the identification of military-historical objects.

Permanent exhibitions

The focus of the permanent exhibitions is on the presentation of the history of war technology of the 19th and 20th centuries.

In the Defense Technology Museum, visitors will not only find one of the largest publicly accessible ammunition collections in Germany with an area of ​​120 m², but also infantry weapons, optics and directional equipment, wired communications equipment and radio equipment, aircraft and anti-tank equipment, barrel and rocket artillery, fortress equipment, medical and air defense equipment and materials to the gas war. On the outside, the Defense Technology Museum exhibits field howitzers , anti-aircraft cannons and other artillery pieces from the Second World War .

Special exhibitions

Special exhibitions also deal with selected exhibits from the museum and the military history of Northern Bavaria and Bavaria . In addition to the extensive permanent exhibition, there are also special exhibitions (a selection below) with mostly regional references:

  • German aircraft radio equipment in World War II (1988)
  • Officer pocket pistols in 6.35 mm caliber (1992)
  • Instrument panels from military aircraft (1994)
  • Listening point Lauf (1996)
  • Armaments products from the Nuremberg area 1914–1945 (1997)
  • Communications equipment in the West and Atlantic Wall (1998)
  • Equipment of the defenders of the Fürth "Western Front" on April 19, 1945 (1998)
  • "From the steel helmet to the manure creator" - conversion of armaments material after 1945 (1999)
  • Military helmets in Bavaria from 1850 to 1990 (2000)
  • Models - tank trains 1:35 and tanks 1:10 made of wood (2001)
  • Scrap Collecting Point Roethenbach (2002)
  • 50 years of fireworks in Northern Bavaria (2004)
  • Heeresmunitionsanstalt Feucht - data and documents (2006)

Research work

The Defense Technology Museum carries out active or supportive studies on various topics of military-historical interest. This includes, among other things, as part of the documentation of the air war in Northern Bavaria, the investigation of plane crashes and air defense of Nuremberg, but also general help with bombs in Germany and the mapping of bunker systems in France, Italy, Spain and Norway.

links

There is a close connection between the Defense Technology Museum and the Association of German Fireworkers and Defense Technicians eV ; many members of the sponsoring association are active or former fireworkers . Findings from the museum's research work are not only presented at irregular intervals in special exhibitions, but are also published at irregular intervals in an associated publishing house (Werner Sünkel History + Technology).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Defense Technology Museum at Industriegeschichte.net
  2. ↑ Defense technology - Museum at "Kunst und Kultur.de"

Coordinates: 49 ° 28 '35.4 "  N , 11 ° 13' 14.9"  E