Rheinhessisches Fahrradmuseum

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The museum is located in Ardeck Castle

The Rheinhessisches Fahrradmuseum is a museum in Gau-Algesheim ( Rhineland-Palatinate ).

Since April 2002, the Ardeck Castle in Gau-Algesheim has housed the Rheinhessen Bicycle Museum on the history of bicycles and cycling. In five rooms, exhibits on the history of the development of bicycles are displayed, from replicas of the running machines of Karl Drais and of the Imperial and Royal Court machinist Anton Burg (1767–1849) , who came from Sobernheim an der Nahe, to a Michauline by Pierre Michaux from around 1865, a penny farthing from 1886 and a Niederrad (“Safety”) from 1887 to a whole range of utility bikes for adults and children from the 20th century and sports bikes of all disciplines. Numerous documents and the library of the museum prove which technical, social and artistic developments were initiated by the bicycle.

The Rheinhessisches Fahrradmuseum sees itself as a regional sports museum, which offers the more than 30 cycling clubs in the region the opportunity to present themselves and which also accompanies the current sporting development, especially in indoor cycling ( artificial cycling , cycling and cycling polo ).

With its exhibits, the museum supports other museums in the region, festivals and sporting events from cycling clubs, but also companies, media outlets and film producers. Examples are: the anniversary exhibition “The bicycle - 200 years of craftsmanship on two wheels” in the gallery Handwerk Koblenz, the exhibition “Cyclomania. Cycling women "of the women musuems wiesbaden, the annual experiment days of the VDI Rheingau in Flörsheim am Main, an annual kick-off event of the company KAO Goldwell Darmstadt, the production of deep wounds - a Taunus crime thriller as well as broadcasts from ZDF, SWR and WDR.

The museum, run on a voluntary basis and supported by a development association, is sponsored by the city of Gau-Algesheim and the Rheinhessen Cycling Association.

From 2002 to 2012, the director of the museum was the sports pedagogue and sports historian Heinz-Egon Rösch , who had already developed the “idea of ​​a Rhine-Hessian bicycle museum” in a lecture in 1998 and inspired the establishment of the museum. In 2012 Norbert Diehl, from 1993 to 2005 chairman of the 1898 Gau-Algesheim cycling club, took over the management of the museum. In 2016 he was followed by Emil Busch from Gau-Algesheim.

Special exhibitions

  • 2002: From the history of the 1898 Gau-Algesheim cycling club
  • 2003: Opel exhibition “Wheels for the World”; 100 years of the Tour de France; The sporting successes of the cycling club 1899/1957 Wörrstadt
  • 2004: On two wheels from childhood. Children's bikes from three centuries; Tradition and competitive sport at RV 1925 Mainz-Ebersheim, racing; sponsored from Rhineland-Palatinate: The Gerolsteiner team
  • 2005: “You cycle like a man, Madame!” - On the history of women's cycling and women's cycling
  • 2006: 40 years of the Rhineland-Palatinate Tour; 100 years of the cycling club 1905 Mainz-Finthen
  • 2007: Historical bicycle accessories
  • 2008: 110 years of the cycling club 1898 Gau-Algesheim
  • 2009: Extraordinary bikes
  • 2010: 100 years RV 1910 Edelweiß Budenheim; 100 years RV 1910 Hechtsheim
  • 2011: Bicycle and Cycling in Rwanda; 10 years of the Rheinhessisches Fahrradmuseum
  • 2012: Historical bicycle posters; In memoriam Heinz Schaubruch
  • 2013: With the mountain bike through the mountains of this world
  • 2014: “If it runs by itself, it usually goes downhill!” - caricatures by Gerhard Mester ; 125 years of the Mainz cycling club 1889; Fascination and technology of Italian racing bikes
  • 2015: Presentation of a high bike that has been made to work; “If it runs by itself, it usually goes downhill!” - caricatures by Gerhard Mester
  • 2016: Rheinhessen heights. Vineyard towers, mountain churches, vantage points. Selected hiking and cycling tours; City towers of Gau-Algesheim
  • 2017: 200 years of bicycles (1817–2017)
  • 2018: Impressions of the Baltic Sea Premium Cycle Route from Hamburg to St. Petersburg
  • 2019 Cargo bikes "The way from the load-dragging bike to the high-tech transport bike"
  • 2020 The Pedersen, a different kind of bike

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Coordinates: 49 ° 57 '16.3 "  N , 8 ° 1' 0.2"  E